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OFFICERS : OF : THE : SOCIETY, : OR- 
GANIZATION : OF : THE : SOCIETY, 
CONSTITUTION : OF : THE : SOCIETY, 
ROLL : OF : MEMBERS, : OFFICERS 
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SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. 
OFFICERS OF THE MAINE SOCIETY: 

PRESIDENT. 
John E. DeWitt, Portland. 

VICE-PRESIDENTS. 

Edward P. Burnham, Saco. 
George F. Talbot, Portland. 
Edward A. Butler, Rockland. 
John C. Talbot, East Machias. 
James P. Baxter, Portland. 
Joseph Williamson, Belfast. 

SECRETARY. 
Henry S. Burrage, Portland. 

TREASURER. 
Eben Corey, Portland. 

REGISTRAR. 
Josiah H. Drummond, Portland. 

HISTORIAN. 
William B. Lapham, Augusta. 

CHAPLAIN. 
Francis B. Denio, Bangor. 

COUNCILORS. 

Warren H. Vinton, Gray. 
Marquis F. King, Portland. 
William A, Goodwin, Portlai^d. 
Brown Thurston, Portland. 
Zebulon K. Harmon, Portland. 



SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. 



ORGANIZATION OF THE SOCIETY. 

A preliminary meeting with reference to the organiza- 
tion of a Maine Society of the Sons of the American Rev- 
olution was held in the Library Room of the Maine His- 
torical Society, in Portland, February 21, 1891. Among 
those present were Hon. George F. Talbot, Hon. Josiah 
H. Drummond, Hon. Warren H. Vinton, Hon. E. P. 
Burnham, Hon. Marquis F. King, Major Charles H. Boyd, 
Mr. Eben Corey, Wm. M. Sargent, Esq., Mr. H. W. Bry- 
ant and Rev. Henry S. Burrage, d.d. After consideration 
of the objects and work of the proposed Society, commit- 
tees were appointed to examine and report upon applica- 
tions for membership ; to draft a Constitution and By-Laws; 
and to nominate officers. At an adjourned meeting held 
at the same place February 28, the Committee on Consti- 
tution and By-Laws reported a draft of the same, which 
was laid upon the table for future action. The Committee 
on Membership then reported. At an adjourned meet- 
ing, held March 14, also at the same place, the pro- 
posed Constitution and By-Laws were taken from the table 
and, after discussion and amendment, were adopted. On 
the 28th day of March, the organization of the Society 
was completed by the election of officers, who were duly 
chosen to serve until February 22, 1892. 



THE MAINE SOCIETY. 



CONSTITUTION. 



ARTICLE I. 

NAME. 

Section i. — The name of this Society shall be the 
Maine Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. 

ARTICLE II. 

NATIONAL SOCIETY. 

Sec. 2.— This Society is a part of the National 
Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. It 
recognizes all State Societies of Sons of the American 
Revolution as co-equal and entitled to receive from this 
Society such assistance and information as may best pro- 
mote the objects for which these Societies have been or- 
ganized. 

ARTICLE III. 

object. 
Sec. 3. — The objects of this Society are to perpetuate 
the memory and the spirit of the men who achieved 
American Independence ; to encourage historical research 
in relation to the American Revolution ; to provide for the 
preservation of documents, relics and records of the indi- 
vidual services of Revolutionary soldiers and patriots ; to 
promote the celebration of patriotic anniversaries ; and by 
these and other means to impress upon the present and 
future generations the patriotic spirit which actuated our 
ancestors and established the Republic of the United 
States of America. 



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ARTICLE IV. 

MEMBERSHIP. 

Sec. 4 — Any man resident in Maine and not less than 
twenty-one years of age, who is descended from an ances- 
tor who was either a military or a naval officer, soldier, 
sailor or official in the service of the original thirteen Col- 
onies or States, who assisted in establishing American 
Independence in the War of the Revolution, shall be eligi- 
ble for membership in this Society ; and any man, wherever 
resident, who is descended from a Maine Revolutionary 
ancestor who performed like service, shall also be eligible. 

Sec. 5. — For the purpose of making more perfect the 
records of our Revolutionary ancestors and their descend- 
ants, any woman of Revolutionary ancestry may file a re- 
cord of her ancestor's services and of her line of descent 
with the Registrar of this Society, who shall send a dupli- 
cate to the Registrar-General. 

Sec. 6. — All applications for membership in this Soci- 
ety shall be made in duplicate, upon blank forms furnished 
by the Society. They shall be signed with the full name 
and address of the applicant, and shall also be signed by 
at least one member of the Society nominating and recom- 
mending the applicant. 

ARTICLE V. 

OFFICERS. 

Sec. 7. — The officers of this Society shall be a Presi- 
dent, Vice-Presidents not exceeding sixteen, a Secretary, a 
Treasurer, a Registrar, a Librarian, a Historian, a Chaplain, 
and five Councilors, all of whom shall be citizens of this 
State ; and these shall be a Board of Managers whose duty 



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it shall be to conduct the affairs of the Society. Five of 
this board shall constitute a quoriim for doing business. 
The Board of Managers shall have power to fill any vacan- 
cy occurring among the officers of this Society or delegates 
to the National Society; and officers so appointed shall 
serve till the next annual meeting. 

ARTICLE VI. 

TERMS OF OFFICE. 

Sec. 8. — All officers shall be elected for one year, and 
shall continue in office until their successors are elected. 

ARTICLE VII. 

MEETINGS. 

Sec. 9. — a meeting for the election of officers and the 
transaction of business shall be held annually in the City 
of Portland, on the 22d day of February, or if said day 
falls on Sunday then the following day. At each annual 
meeting, there shall be elected one delegate at large and 
one delegate for each one hundred or fraction of one hun- 
dred exceeding fifty members ; said delegates, together 
with such officers as are provided for by the Constitution 
of that body, shall represent this Society at all meetings 
of the National Society. 

Sec. 10. — Seven shall constitute a quorum at any 
meeting of the Society. 

Sec. II.— The hour for holding the annual meeting, 
and the time and place for holding any special meeting, 
shall be designated by the Board of Managers. 

Sec. 12. — Special meetings of the Society shall be 
called by the President, when directed so to do by the Board 
of Managers, or whenever requested in writing by fifteen 



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or more members, on giving fifteen days' notice, specifying 
the time and place of such meeting and the business to be 
transacted. 

Sec. 13. — Special meetings of the Board of Managers 
may be called by the President at any time, and shall be 
called upon the request of five members of the Board 
made in writing. 

Sec. 14. — General business may be transacted at any 
special meeting of the Board of Managers, or of the Society. 

ARTICLE VIII. 

AMENDMENTS. 

Sec. 15. — This Constitution may be amended or re- 
pealed, provided written resolutions to that effect are first 
presented to and approved by a majority of the Board of 
Managers, present at any meeting of said Board ; provided 
said amendments are subsequently approved by a majority 
of the members present at any meeting of the Society ; 
and provided, further, that whenever this Constitution is 
to be amended, repealed, or in any way changed, notice 
thereof, specifying said changes in full, shall be sent to 
each member of the Society at least ten days before such 
action is to be taken. 



THE MAINE SOCIETY. 



BY-LAWS. 



FEES AND DUES. 



Section i. — Applicants elected shall become members 
of this Society upon payment of the membership fees and 
dues for one year. The membership fee shall be two dol- 
lars, and the annual dues one dollar. Annual dues shall 
be payable to the Secretary on the 22d day of February 
in each year. A member who shall remain in arrears for 
dues for three months after notice of his indebtedness has 
been mailed to him, directed to his last known residence, 
may be dropped from the rolls by the Board of Managers, 
and may be re-instated in his membership by said Board 
upon payment of his indebtedness to the Society. The 
payment of fifteen dollars by an active member at any one 
time, shall constitute the person paying such sum a life 
member, and such person shall thereafter be exempt from 
payment of annual dues. Members may be elected by 
the Society or by the Board of Managers. 

MEETINGS OF THE BOARD OF MANAGERS. 

Sec. 2. — The regular meetings of the Board of Man- 
agers shall be held on the day of the annual meeting of 
the Society, and on the third Tuesday of September in 
each year, 

PRESIDING OFFICER. 

Sec. 3. — The President, or in his absence one of the 
Vice-Presidents, or in their absence a chairman pro tern., 
shall preside at all meetings of the Society and of the 



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Board of Managers, The presiding officer shall preserve 
order and shall decide all questions of order, subject to 
appeal to the meeting. 

DUTIES OF THE SECRETARY. 

Sec. 4. — The Secretary shall receive all money from the 
members, and shall pay it over to the Treasurer, taking his 
receipt for the same. He shall conduct the general corres- 
pondence of the Society; shall notify members of their elec- 
tion and of such other matters as the Society may direct. 
He shall have charge of the seal and such records of the 
Society as are not herein given especially in charge of 
other officers of the Society, and together with the presid- 
ing officer shall certify all acts and orders of the Society. 
He shall, under the direction of the President or acting 
President, give notice of the time and place of all meetings 
of the Society and of the Board of Managers, and shall 
give such notices of the votes, orders and proceedings of 
the Society, as the Society or Board of Managers may 
direct. 

DUTIES OF THE TREASURER. 

Sec. 5. — The Treasurer shall have charge of the perma- 
nent funds of the Society, and he shall receive all the mon- 
ey from the. Secretary, and give his receipt for the same, 
which money he shall deposit in the name of the Society 
and shall pay out for the benefit of the Society only, in 
such sums as the Society or Board of Managers may direct 
and upon the order of the Secretary, countersigned by the 
President. He shall keep a true account of his receipts 
and disbursements, and at each annual meeting shall make 
a full report to the Society. The books of the Secretary 
and Treasurer shall be open to the inspection of the Presi- 
dent and Board of Managers at all times. 



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DUTIES OF THE REGISTRAR. 

Sec. 6. — 'The Registrar shall receive all applications and 
proofs of membership. He shall examine the same, and 
report his opinion thereon to the Board of Managers. Im- 
perfect and incorrect applications may be returned to the 
applicant for correction or completion. After applications 
have been passed upon by the Board of Managers, he shall 
if the applicant is accepted, forward one copy to the Reg- 
istrar-General of the National Society. 

DUTIES OF THE LIBRARIAN. 

Sec. 7. — The Librarian shall have the custody of all his- 
torical, geographical and genealogical books, papers, man- 
uscripts, and relics of which the Society may become pos- 
essed. 

BOARD OF MANAGERS. 

Sec. 8. — The Board of Managers shall judge of the qual- 
ifications of applicants for membership, and shall have 
control of the affairs of the Society. They shall appoint 
an Auditing Committee. The Board of Managers shall 
have power to suspend or expel any member of the Society 
for sufficient cause by a vote of two-thirds of the members 
of the Board present at any regular meeting, provided that 
at least two weeks' notice of such proposed action shall 
have been given to such member by notice mailed to him 
at his last known address. A member so suspended or ex- 
pelled shall have the right to appeal to a meeting of the 
Society from the action of the Board of Managers. 

DUTIES OF THE HISTORIAN. 

Sec 9. — The Historian shall keep a record of all facts 
in connection with the Society, which he may judge to be 



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of historic value, and shall make a report in writing in 
at each annual meeting. 

DUTIES OF THE CHAPLAIN. 

Sec. 10. — The Chaplain shall perform such devotional 
and religious duties as may be called for by the President 
in the course of business or exercises of the Society. 

amendments. 

Sec. II. — These By-Laws shall not be altered, amended 
or repealed, unless said alteration or amendment shall have 
been proposed in writing at a previous meeting of the Board 
of Managers, and entered upon the records, with the name 
of the member proposing the change, and also adopted by 
a majority of the members present at a regular meeting of 
the Society, or at a special meeting called for that purpose. 




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ROLL OF MEMBERS. 

Henry Sweetser Burrage, Portland, Me. 

(i) Son of Jonathan and Mary Thurston (Upton) 
Burrage, grandson of Thomas and Abigail (Fairbanks) 
Burrage, great-grandson of William and Phebe (Barrett) 
Burrage. William Burrage served as a private in Capt. 
Nathaniel Carter's Co., Col. Abijah Steam's Regt., raised 
in Worcester County, Mass., and marched with his Com- 
pany from Leominster at the Bennington Alarm, August 
1777. 

(2) Son of Jonathan and Mary Thurston (Upton) 
Burrage, grandson of Joseph and Susan (Thurston) 
Upton, great-grandson of John and Abigail (Low) Upton. 
John Upton served as Sergt. in Capt. John Dix's Co., 
Gen. Lovell's Brigade, in Rhode Island, in August and 
September, 1778. 

(3) Son of Jonathan and Mary Thurston (Upton) 
Burrage, grandson of Joseph and Susan (Thurston) 
Upton, great-grandson of Dea. John and Esther (Wood) 
Thurston. Dea. John Thurston was a private in Col. 
John Whitcomb's Regt. of " Minute Men," who marched 
from Fitchburg to Cambridge, April 19, 1775. 

(4) Son of Jonathan and Mary Thurston (Upton) 
Burrage, grandson of Thomas and Abigail (Fairbanks) 
Burrage, great-grandson of Joseph Fairbanks, who was 
a private in Capt. Joel Fletcher's Templeton Co., Col. 
Ephraim Doolittle's Regt., April 19, 1775, Lexington 
Alarm. He also served in Capt. Josiah Wilder's Co., 
Col. Nathan Sparhawk's Regt., Bennington Alarm, Au- 
gust, 1777. 



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2. Charles Harrod Boyd, Portland, Me. 

Son of William and Susan Dayton (Harrod) Boyd, 
grandson of Charles and Hannah Rolf (Dayton) Har- 
rod, great-grandson of John and Susan Barker (Higgins) 
Dayton, great great-grandson of Elias and Hannah (Rolf) 
Dayton. General Elias Dayton was appointed, at the 
commencement of hostilities, a member of the Committee 
of Safety, and in 1776 he was commissioned Colonel and 
assigned to the command of the 3d New Jersey Regt., 
in which he served until he was promoted to Brigadier 
General and the command of the Jersey Brigade. He 
was President of the New Jersey Society of the Cincin- 
nati from its formation until his death, Oct. 2, 1807. 

3. Eben Corey, Portland, Me. 

(i) Son of John and Mary (Ward) Corey, grandson of 
Ebenezer and Anna (Richards) Corey, great-grandson 
of Ebenezer and Hannah (Smith) Corey. Ebenezer 
Corey was a private in Capt. Moses Whitney's Co., Col. 
John Greaton's Regt, enlisting April 19, 1775, and serv- 
ing 28 days. 

(2) Son of John and Nancy (Ward) Corey, grandson 
of Samuel and Mary (Sampson) Ward, great-grandson 
of Capt. Samuel and Elizabeth Ward. Capt. Samuel 
Ward commanded a company in Col. Solomon Lovell's 
regiment, who marched with his company, March 4, 
1776, and took possession of Dorchester Heights. Nov. 
6, 1777, he was instructed to hire men to guard prison- 
ers ; and Mar. 16, 1778, the town of Weymouth voted to 
raise ^612 for the purpose of paying men with Capt. 
Ward guarding stores in or near Boston. In the town 
records of Weymouth, Mass., is the notice of his death. 
Major Samuel Ward died Dec. 18, 1778. 



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JosiAH Hayden Drummond, Portland, Me. 

(i) Son of Clark and Cynthia (Blackwell) Drum- 
mond, grandson of John and Damaris (Hayden) Drum- 
mond, great-grandson of Josiah and Silence (Howard) 
Hayden. Major Josiah Hayden, of Bridgewater, com- 
manded a company of " Minute Men " in Col. Bailey's 
Regiment. He marched with his Company fromBridge- 
water on the 19th of April, 1775, and served twelve 
days. He commanded a Company in Col. John Thomas's 
Regiment from May i, 1775 to January i, 1776, when 
he was commissioned Major of the 23d Regt., Col. John 
Bailey. He commanded the Regt. in the Battle of 
Harlem Heights, September 16, 1776, and retired after 
serving as Major a year. 

Walter Henry Sturtevant, Richmond, Me. 

(i) Son of William and Eleanor Clarke Tallman 
(Smith) Sturtevant, grandson of Horatio and Eliza 
Sophia (Tallman) Smith, great-grandson of Ebenezer 
and Jennet (McKown) Smith. Ebenezer Smith enlisted 
in September, 1775, as a private, was promoted to Ser- 
geant; Sergeant Major until July I, 1777, when he was 
commissioned Lieutenant in Capt. John Bailey's Co., 
Col. Michael Jackson's 8th Mass., Continental Regt., 
He served with his regiment at Cherry Valley and Fort 
Stanwix, and under Gen. Gates at Stillwater and Sara- 
toga in Battles of September 19, and October 7, 1777. 
After Burgoyne's surrender October 17, 1777, he joined 
the army under Gen. Washington in Pennsylvania, was 
at Valley Forge in the winter of 1777-78, was transferred 
to Capt. John Burnham's Co. same Regt., and was com- 
missioned Captain in same Regt. September 16, 1780. 
His company was disbanded in June 1783, when he 
joined the 4th Regt. Col, Henry Jackson, which regiment 



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was disbanded in December 1783. He became a mem- 
ber of the Mass. Society of the Cincinnati in August 
1783. 

(2) Son of William Henry and Eleanor Clarke Tall- 
man (Smith) Sturtevant, grandson of Horatio and Eliza 
Sophia (Tallman) Smith, great-grandson of Peleg and 
Eleanor (Clarke) Tallman. Peleg Tallman served as 
boy seaman and petty officer on the Privateer Sloop 
" Beaver, " Capt. Havens of New London, Conn. ; Pri- 
vateer " Rover, " Capt. William Dennis ; Privateer " Rat- 
tle Snake, " Capt. Freeborn ; Frigate "Trumbull, " Capt. 
James Nicholson; a Privateer of 16 guns, name unknown; 
another Privateer of 20 guns, name not given, com- 
manded by Capt. Rathbone. He was several times cap- 
tured and imprisoned, and was pensioned. 

6. Marquis Fayette King, Portland, Me. 

(i) Son of Samuel Hall and Eliza (Shaw) King, 
grandson of Capt. Samuel and Sally (Hall) King, great- 
grandson of Sergt. George and Betty (Shaw) King, great- 
great-grandson of Lieut. Benjamin and Abiah (Leonard) 
King. Benjamin King was a delegate to the Provincial 
Congress and a member of a Committee of Safety. 
Five of his sons served in the War of the Revolution. 

(2) Son of Samuel Hall and Elizabeth (Shaw) King, 
grandson of Capt. Samuel and Sally (Hall) King, great- 
grandson of Sergt. George and Betty (Shaw) King. 
Sergt. George King was in the Company of Minute Men, 
commanded by Capt. James Williams, Jr., which marched 
from Taunton to Roxbury, April 20, 1775, and served 
twelve days. He also served in Capt. Josiah Crocker's 
Co., Col. Carpenter's Regt., under Gen. Sullivan in the 
Rhode Island campaign. 



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(3) Son of Samuel Hall and Eliza ( Shaw) King, grand- 
son of Gilbert and Silence (Cole) Shaw, great-grandson of 
Eleazer Cole, who on April 19, 1775, went to Boston in 
Capt. Josiah Hayden's Co. as drummer and was later 
sergeant under same commander. 

(4) Son of Samuel Hall and Eliza (Shaw) King, 
grandson of Gilbert and Silence (Cole) Shaw, great- 
grandson of Abner and Abigail (Eaton) Shaw. Abner 
Shaw was a corporal in Capt. James Perry's Mansfield 
Co., Col. Paul D. Sargent's Regt. ; also a private in Capt, 
Joshua White's Co., Lt. Col. Ebenezer Sprout's Regt. ; 
also in Capt. John Dean's Co., Col. Isaac Dean's Regt. 

7. Edward Anson Butler, Rockland, Me. 

Son of Anson and Annah (Hunstable) Butler, grand- 
son of James and Mary (Gray) Butler, great-grandson of 
John and Lucy (Robbins) Butler, great-great-grandson 
of Phinehas and Bathsheba (Graves) Butler. Phinehas 
Butler was corporal in Capt. J. Holden's Co., Col. Nix- 
on's Regt. (6th continental), and served from March 25, 
1777 to December 31, 1779 '■> ^'^^ ^^ ^ private soldier in 
Capt. Clay's Co., same Regt., from January i, to Decem- 
ber 31, 1780. 

8. Albert Wheaton Butler, Rockland, Me. 

Brother of Edward Anson Butler. See No. 7. 

9. Edgar Foster Davis, State College, Center Co., Penn. 

Son of Frederic and Elizabeth (Foster) Davis, grand- 
son of Nathan Webber and Mehitable Foster, great-grand- 
son of Samuel and Comfort (Scott) Foster, great-great- 
grandson of Benjamin and Elizabeth (Scott) Foster. 
Benjamin Foster, of Machias, organized a party and cap- 
tured, on June 12, 1775, the " Margaretta," an armed 
schooner of one hundred tons sent to Machias to con- 



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voy the vessels sent there to procure lumber for the 
British Army in Boston. The party received the thanks 
of the Provincial Congress on the 26th day of June fol- 
lowing. It was subsequently engaged in other captures 
and in the defense of Machias against the squadron of 
Sir George Collier. 

10. John Cofkin Tai.hot, East Machias, Me. 

Son of John Coffin and Mary (Foster) Talbot, grand- 
son of John and Phebe (Burr) Foster, great-grandson of 
Benjamin and Elizabeth (Scott) Foster. For 15enjamin 
Foster's services see No. 9. 

11. HuniJARD WiNSLOw Bryant, Portland, Me. 

Son of David and Abby Young (Dyer) Bryant, grand- 
son of John and Sarah (Whitney) Bryant, great-grand- 
son of Jesse and Mary ( Sawyer) Whitney. Jesse Whit- 
ney was a private in Col. Ebenezer Francis' Regt., in 
1776, also enlisted and served under General Wads- 
worth in 1780. 

12. Gideon Stinson Smith, Wayne, Me. 

Son of Samuel and Lydia (Farnham) Smith, grandson 
of Ebenezer and Susan (Stinson) Smith. For services of 
Ebenzer Smith see No. 5, (i). 

13. John Brooks Thornoikk, Portland, Me. 

Son of William and Margery (Dyer) Thorndike, grand- 
son of Robert and Abigail (Hadley) Thorndike. Robert 
Thorndike was a seaman on board vessels in the Conti- 
nental service, among them the privateer Fox fitted out 
at Falmouth. He was a pensioner. 

John Brooks Thorndike died May 6 1893. 

14. John Evert DeWitt, Portland, Me. 

(i) Son of Cornelius W. and Charity H. (Van Gaas- 
beck) DeWitt, grandson of John H. and Cornelia (Wyn- 



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koop) DeWitt, great-grandson of Henry and Margaretta 
(Schoonmaker) DeWitt, great great-grandson of John 
and Anna (Prescott) DeWitt. John DeWitt was First 
Lieut, of Charlotte J'recinct, Nov. 4, 1778. He was also 
a signer of the Articles of Association. 

(2) Son of C'ornelius W. and Charity H. (Van Gaas- 
beck) DeWitt, grandson of Thomas and Catharine 
(Hoornbeck) Van Caasbeck, great grandson of y\braham 
and Annatje (Ten Hroeck) Van Caasbeck, great-great- 
grandson of benjamin and Catharine (Jansen) Ten 
Broeck, grcat-great-great-grandson of Johannes and 
Anna (Schepmoes) Jansen. Johannes Jansen was Major 
and Lieut. Col. 4th Ulster County Regt. ; also a signer 
of the Articles of Association. 

(3) Son of Cornelius W. and Charity II. (Van Caas- 
beck) DeWitt, grandson of Thomas and Catharine 
(Hoornbeck) Van Caasbeck, great-grandson of Cornelius 
P. and Charity (Hasbrouck) Hoornbeck, great-great- 
grandson of Philip and Maria (Schoonmaker) Hoorn- 
beck. Philip Hoornbeck was First-Lieut, ist Co., 
Township of Rochester, New York ; also a signer of 
the Articles of Association. 

(4) Son of Cornelius W. and Charity H. (Van Caas- 
beck) DeWitt, grandson of Thomas and Catharine 
(Hoornbeck) Van Caasbeck, great-grandson of Abraham 
and Annatje (Ten IJroeck) Van Gaasbeck. Abraham 
Van Gaasbeck was cornet and 2d Lieut. October 23, 1778 ; 
also a signer, of the Articles of Association. He was de- 
scended from Egbert Van Borsum, whose marriage with 
Annatje Hendricks is the first one recorded in New Ams- 
terdam. 

(5) Son of Cornelius W. and Charity H. (Van Gaas- 
beck) DeWitt, grandson of Thomas and Catharine 



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(Hoornbeck) Van Gaasbeck, great-grandson of Cornelius 
P. and Charity (Hasbrouck) Hoornbeck, great-great- 
grandson of Jonas and Catharine (DuBois) Hasbrouck. 
Jonas Hasbrouck was one of the signers of the Articles 
of Association. 

(6) Son of Cornelius W. and Charity H. (Van Gaas- 
beck) DeWitt, grandson of John H. and Cornelia (Wyn- 
koop) DeWitt, great-grandson of Evert C. and Rachel 
( Hardenbergh) Wynkoop, great-great-grandson of Jacob 
Rutzen and Dinah (Van Bergh) Hardenbergh. The Brit- 
ish offered a reward of one hundred pounds for the ap- 
prehension of Rev. Jacob Rutzen Hardenbergh, d.d., on 
account of his patriotism. It is said that he always slept 
with a loaded musket in his room, and was often obliged 
to leave his home and roam about the country, to pre- 
vent being seized by the Tories. 

(7) Son of Cornelius W. and Charity H. (Van Gaas- 
beck) DeWitt, grandson of John H. and Cornelia (Wyn- 
koop) DeWitt, great grandson of Evert C. and Rachel 
(Hardenbergh) Wynkoop, great-great-grandson of Jacob 
Rutzen and Dinah (Van Bergh) Hardenbergh, great-great- 
great-grandson of Johannes and Maria (DuBois) Hard- 
enbergh. Johannes Hardenbergh was a member of 
Colonial Assembly from 1737 to 1743 ; also of the First 
Provincial Congress which met at New York, May 23, 
1775. He was Colonel of Ulster County first regi- 
ment, October 25, 1775, and for upwards of twenty years 
held the post. He was a member of the Fourth Provin- 
cial Congress which assembled at White Plains, in West- 
chester county. New York, July 9, 1776, when the Dec- 
laration of Independence was immediately adopted ; also 
of State Legislature 1781-S2. When Gen. Washington 
visited the county, in June, 1783, Col. Hardenbergh en- 



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tertained Mrs. Washington, with Governor and Mrs. 
Clinton, at his house in Rosendale. 

(8) Son of Cornelius W, and Charity H. (Van Gaas- 
beck) DeWitt, grandson of John H. and Cornelia (Wyn- 
koop) DeWitt, great-grandson of Henry and Marga- 
retta ( Schoonmaker) DeWitt, great-great-grandson of 
Peter and Jannatje (Van DeMark) Schoonmaker. Peter 
Schoonmaker was captain of Rochester Co., October 19, 
1779 ; also a signer of the Articles of Association. 

(9) Son of Cornelius W. and Charity H. (Van Gaas- 
beck) DeWitt, grandson of John H. and Cornelia (Wyn- 
koop) DeWitt, great-grandson of Evert C. and Rachel 
(Hardenbergh) Wynkoop, great-great-grandson of Cor- 
nelius E. and Cornelia (Mancius) Wynkoop. Corne- 
lius E. Wynkoop was 2d Major of the Northern Regi- 
ment of Minute Men, also signer of the Articles of Asso- 
ciation. Gen. Washington visited at his house on his 
return from Newport. 

(10) Son of Cornelius W. and Charity H. (Van Gaas- 
beck) DeWitt, grandson of Thomas and Catharine 
(Hoornbeck) Van Gaasbeck, great-grandson of Abraham 
and Annatje (Ten Broeck) Van Gaasbeck, great-great- 
grandson of Benjamin and Catharine (Jansen) Ten 
Broeck. Benjamin Ten Broeck was a signer of the 
Articles of Association. 

15. William Augustus . Goodwin, Portland, Me. 

Son of James Scamman and Hannah (Gookin) Good- 
win, grandson of Ichabod and Molly (Wallingford) 
Goodwin. Ichabod Goodwin was a member of the Pro- 
vincial Congress at Watertown, Mass. He was also 
Lieut. Col. of one of the two regiments of troops guarding 
Burgoyne's captured army at Winter and Prospect Hills, 
Cambridge, Mass. 



22 SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. 

i6. Edward Payson Burnham, Saco, Me. 

(i.) Son of Owen and Eliza (Smith) Burnham, 
grandson of Seth and Lydia (Lassel) Burnham, great- 
grand-son of James and Grace (Dalzel ) Burnham. James 
Burnham was a delegate to Faneuil Hall Convention in 
Sept. 1768. He was also one of a Committee of Inspec- 
tion chosen by the town December 27, 1774. Five of 
his sons, James, Samuel, Jacob, Forest and Seth, rendered 
military service in the Revolution. 

(2.) Son of Owen and Eliza (Smith) Burnham, 
grandson of Seth and Lydia (Lassel) Burnham. Seth 
Burnham was a militia man, and was engaged in the 
attack on an English brig of war, Aug. 8, 1782, in Cape 
Porpoise Harbor. Capt. James Burnham, a brother of 
Seth, was killed in this action. 

(3.) Son of Owen and Eliza (Smith) Burnham, 
grandson of Robert and Lydia (Hovey) Smith, great- 
grandson of John and Mary (Barter) Hovey. John 
Hovey was a representative to the General Court of 
Massachusetts in 1775, 1778, 1780, 1782. He was a 
member of the Committee of Inspection, Correspondence 
and Safety, and a Delegate to the Provincial Congress, 
1775- 

17. George Foster Talbot, Portland, Me. 

Son of John Coffin and Mary (Foster) Talbot, grandson 
of John and Phebe (Burr) Foster, great grandson of 
Benjamin and Elizabeth ( Scott) Foster. For Benjamin 
Foster's services see No. g. 

18. WiiJJAM Freeman, Cherryfield, Me. 

(i.) Son of William and Frances (Clarke) Freeman, 
grandson of Samuel and Mary (Fowle) Freeman, great 
grandson of Enoch, and Mary (Wright) Freeman. Judge 



THE MAINE SOCIETY. 23 

Enoch Freeman was chairman of the first convention 
of Cumberland county, Sept. 21, 1774, chairman of the 
Committee of Safety and Inspection, and member of the 
Committee of Correspondence. He represented Falmouth 
in the ist Provincial Congress, and was colonel of a regi- 
ment of militia. 

(2.) Son of William and Frances (Clarke) Freeman, 
grandson of Samuel and Mary (Fowle) Freeman. Sam- 
uel Freeman was a member of the Committee of Safety 
and Inspection, a delegate to the second Provincial 
Congress, also the third. He was secretary of the third, 
member of the House of Representatives 1775, 1776 
and 1778, and clerk of the body. According to William- 
son he was clerk of the House in 1780. 

(3.) Son of William and Frances (Clarke) Freeman, 
grandson of Thomas and Sally (Conant) Clarke, great- 
grandson of Jonas and Lucy Hancock (Bowes) Clarke. 
Jonas Clarke was a delegate from Lexington to the Con- 
vention which formed the Constitution in 1779. He was 
a clergyman in Lexington, an intimate friend of Samuel 
Adams and John Hancock, and saw the fight of April 

19^ 1775- 

19. Warren Howard Vinton, Gray, Me. 

Son of Warren and Margery Bessey [name changed to 
Vinton], grandson of Joseph and Lydia Bessey. Joseph 
Bessey was a private soldier in the Massachusetts line 
and a pensioner. 

20. David Sutherland Hibbard, East Sumner, Me. 

Son of Moses and Jane Eliza (Sutherland) Hibbard, 
grandson of Aaron and Sarah (Merrill) Hibbard. Aaron 
Hibbard enlisted as fifer in April, 1777, and served 
three years. He was in the battles of Germantown, and 



24 SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. 

Monmouth and at Valley Forge through the winter of 
1777 and 1778. Twice after his three years' service he 
re-enlisted for a short period. He was a pensioner. 

21. JosiAH Hayden Drummond, jr., Portland, Me. 

Son of Josiah Hayden and Elzada Rollins (]5ean) 
Drummond, grandson of Clark and Cynthia (Blackwell) 
Drummond, great-grandson of John and Damaris (Hay- 
den) Drummond, great-great-grandson of Josiah and 
Silence (Howard) Hayden. For Major Josiah Hayden's 
services see No. 4. 

22. Thomas Fillebrovvn, Portland, Me. 

Son of James Bowdoin and Almira (Butler) Fille- 
brown, grandson of Thomas and Elizabeth Bancroft 
(Cheever) Fillebrown. Thomas Fillebrown enlisted 
March, 1778 in Capt. Mayo's Company, Col. Gerrish's 
Regt. ; also enlisted in 1780, in Col. William Hull's Regt., 
in the Continental Army, and served six months. Jan. i, 
1781, enlisted in Capt. Amos Lincoln's Co., Col. Craft's 
Regt. Artillery and served until the army was disbanded 
in 1783. 

23. John Warren Perkins, Portland, Me. 

Son of Lafayette and Dorcas (Abbott) Perkins, grand- 
son of William and Abigail (Cox) Perkins. William 
Perkins was Lieut, in Callender's Co. at Battle of Bun- 
ker Hill, afterwards captain of same company. . He was 
Capt. in Knox's Regt. of Artillery, ist January, 1776, 
in Crane's Regt. Artillery, January, 1777 ; commissioned 
Major of same, September 12, 1778 ; was at Valley Forge 
1777-78 ; commanded the " Castle " in Boston Harbor till 
ceded to LTnited States in 1798, with rank of Lieut. Col ; 
was member of the Massachusetts Society of the Cincin- 
nati. 



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24. Luther Farrar Pingree, Cape Elizabeth, Me. 

(i) Son of Hoyt and Sarah (Turner) Pingree, grand- 
son of Stephen and Ruth (Hoyt) Pingree. Stephen 
Pingree was a private soldier in the Continental Army 
and a pensioner. 

(2) Son of Hoyt and Sarah (Turner) Pingree, grand- 
son of Isaac Turner, who served three years in the Con- 
tinental Army and was a pensioner. 

Luther Farrar Pingree died April 18, 1892. 

25. Nathan Goold, Portland, Me. 

(i.) Son of William and Nabby Tukey (Clark) Goold, 
grandson of Seth and Nabby (Tukeyj Clark, great-grand- 
son of Ezra jr., and Sarah (Howe) Clark and great-great- 
grandson of Col. Samuel and Hannah (Smith) Howe. 
Col. Samuel Howe, a veteran of the war of 1755 and 1758, 
was a member of the Provincial Congress in 1774 and 
1775, from Belchertown, Mass. ; Committee of Safety, in 
1775 ; selectman and chairman of Committee, in 1780, to 
consider the Constitution of Massachusetts ; Colonel of 
the 4th Hampshire Regiment and credited with twenty- 
three months' service. His four sons and two brothers 
served in the army. 

(2.) Son of William and Nabby Tukey (Clark) Goold, 
grandson of Seth and Nabby (Tukey) Clark, great-grand- 
son of Stephen and Hannah (Gushing) Tukey. Ste- 
phen Tukey was a private in Capt. Joseph Noyes' com- 
pany six months and two days, in 1775 ; also in Capt. 
Abner Lowell's Matross company seven months in 1776 
and 1777, and was 2d Sergt. in Capt. Peter Warren's 
Co., Col. Jonathan Mitchell's Regt. in the Bagaduce 
Expedition in 1779, taking part in the assault on the 
British works. His three brothers served in the army. 



26 SONS OF TllK AMERICAN REVOLUTION. 

(3.) Son of William and Nabby Tukey (Clark) Goold, 
grandson of Nathan and Betsey (Gowen) Goold, great- 
grandson of Henjamin and Phebe (Noble) Goold, great- 
groat-grandson of Nathan and Mary (Gray) Noble. 
Nathan Noble, a veteran of the wars of Loiiisburg [1745] 
and of 1758 and 1759, served two months in Capt. Win- 
throp Boston's company at the seige of Boston in 1776. 
lie enlisted January 6, 1777, for three years, as private 
in Capt. John Skillins' company in Col. Ebenezer 
Francis' nth Regt. of Mass. Bay Forces, participating in 
the battles of Hubbardstown, Stillwater, and was killed 
in the battle of Saratoga, October 7, 1777, in the 55th 
year of his age. His two sons served in the army. 

(4) Son of William and Nabby Tukey (Clark) Goold, 
grandson of Seth and Nabby (Tukey) Clark, great-grand- 
son of Ezra Jr. and Sarah (Howe) Clark, and great- 
great-grandson of Ezra and Martha (Phelps) Clark. 
Ezra Clark was one of the "committee of fifteen in the 
Revolution '^ at Northampton, Mass., and his five sons 
served in the army. 

(5) Son of William and Nabby Tukey (Clark) Goold, 
grandson of Seth 'and Nabby (Tukey) Clark, great- 
grantlson of Ezra Jr. and Sarah (Howe) Clark. Ezra 
Clark, Jr., served in Capt. Oliver Lyman's company dur- 
ing the "Bennington Alarm," in August, 1777, and 
" marched io l^ast Hoosuk." 

26. Jamks WASHiNr.roN PLAtsrED, Portland, Me. 

(i) Son of Samuel Pomeroy and Sabrina (Perkins) 
Plaisted, grandson of Benjamin Garland and Frances 
(Cushing) Perkins, great-grandson of Richard and Abi- 
gail (Ciarland) Terkins. Richard Perkins enlisted in 
Mav. 1775, in Capt. Hubbard's Co., Col. Scamman's 
Regt., for eight months, was also in Capt. Newell's Co., 



THE MAINE SOCIETY. 2/ 

Col. Wm. Prescott's Mass. Regt. In spring of 1777 he 
enlisted in Capt. Grant's Co., in Col. Story's Regt. He 
was a pensioner. 

(2) Son of Samuel Pomeroy and Sabrina (Perkins) 
Plaisted, grandson of Benjamin Garland and Frances 
(Gushing) Perkins, great-grandson of Ezekiel and Fran- 
ces (McCobb) Gushing. P^zekiel Gushing served in 
Capt. White's Co., Col. Tupper's Regt. 

(3) Son of Samuel Pomeroy and Sabrina (Perkins) 
Plaisted, grandson of Benjamin Garland and Frances 
(Gushing) Perkins, great-grandson of Ezekiel and Fran- 
ces (McCobb) Gushing, great-great-grandson of Loring 
and Mary (Parker) Gushing. Loring Gushing served 
in Capt. White's Co., Col. Tupper's Regt., from January 
ID, 1777, to October 9, 1777, at which date he died in 
the service. Loring Gushing, jr., served in Lt. Col. 
Sprout's regiment 1778, 1779 and 1780, and was a pen- 
sioner, 

(4) Son of Samuel Pomeroy and Sabrina (Perkins) 
Plaisted, grandson of Samuel and Susan (Hight) 
Plaisted, great-grandson of Samuel and Elizabeth (Hart) 
Plaisted, great-great-grandson of Samuel and Elizabeth 
(Lambert) Hart. Samuel Hart was a private in Capt. 
Titus Salter's Co. of Artillery, serving at Fort Washing- 
ton, near Portsmouth, N. H. ; was in service in 1775, 
1776 and 1777, 

(5) Son of Samuel Pomeroy and Sabrina (Perkins) 
Plaisted, grandson of Samuel and Susan (Hight) 
Plaisted, great-grandson of James and Dorcas (Mills) 
Hight. James Hight was a private in Capt. Titus Sal- 
ter's Co. of Artillery, serving at Fort Washington, near 
Portsmouth, N. H. ; was in service in 1775, 1776 and 
1777. 



28 SONS OK TIIK AMICUICAN KKVOLUTION. 

27. Edwin Siankisii Drakk, Portland, Me. 

(i) Son of Levi l''airl);ink.s and Hannah (Fobes) 
Drake, <;randson of Alpheus and Sybil (Fairbanks) 
Drake, j;roal-grandson of Ebenezer and Martha (Gur- 
noy) Drake. Ebenezer Drake was a private soldier in 
thr Massarhusells Eine and a pensioner. Served through 
the war. 

(2) Son of Levi Fairbanks and Hannah (Fobes) 
Drake, grandson of Alpheus and Sybil (Fairbanks) 
Drake, great-grandson of Ebenezer and Martha (Gur- 
ney) Drake, great-great-grandson of Zachariah and Mary 
(Ames) (^.urney. Zachariah Gurney was 2d Lieut, of 
Capt. josiah Hayden's Co., Col. Bailey's Regt., April 
•9' 1775 '- was ist Lieut, of Capt. Josiah Hayden's Co., 
Col. John Thomas' Regt., August i, 1775; was ist 
l,iout. C.ipt. Henry Prentiss' Co., Col. Marshall's Regt., 
July 5, 1776; was ist Lieut. Capt. Edward Cobb's Co., 
April 21, 1777; was ist Lieut. Capt. Calvin Partridge's 
Co., Col. Sanuiel Pierce's Regt.. January ist, 1779. 

(3) Son of Levi Fairbanks and Hannah (Fobes) 
Drake, grandson of Seth and Rachel (Eames) Fobes, 
great-grandsiMi of Nathaniel and Katharine (^Rice) 
Eames. Nathaniel Eames enlisted Dec. 2, 1774, in a 
company of "Minute Men " in Farmington, Mass., and 
was in the fight at Concord and Lexington, April 19, 
1775. under Capt. Micajah Gleason. 

(4) Son of Levi Fairbanks and Hannah (Fobes) 
Drake, grandson of Seth and Rachel (Eames) Fobes. 
great-grandson of Nathaniel and Katharine (Rice) 
Eames, great-great-grandson of Nathaniel jr. and Rachel 
(Lovell) Eames. Nathaniel Eames jr. was at Concord 
and Lexington, April 10. 1775. under Capt. Jesse Eames. 



THE MAINE SOCIETY. 29 

(5) Son of Levi Fairbanks and Hannah (Fobes) 
Drake, grandson of Seth and Rachel (Fames) Fobes, 
great-grandson of Nathaniel and Katharine (Rice) 
Fames, great-great-grandson of Jonathan and Ruth 
(Fames) Rice. Jonathan Rice served in Capt. Simon 
Fdgell's Co., Col. Wylly's Regt., at Roxbury, June 19 to 
December 2, 1776; in Capt. Henry Prentiss' Co., Col. 
Marshall's Regt. ; also in Col. Nathan Thayer's Regt. in 
1779. Died in the service. 

28. JosEi'H Williamson, Belfast, Me. 

(i.) Son of Joseph and Caroline (Cross) Williamson, 
grandson of George and Mary (Foster) Williamson. 
George Williamson enlisted at Charlestown, Mass., Feb. 
I, 1776, in Capt. John Vinton's Co., Col. Sargent's regi- 
ment and served till December. He was in the battle 
of White Plains, October 28, 1776, and received a pen- 
sion. 

(2.) Son of Joseph and Caroline (Cross) Williamson, 
grandson of William and Ruth (Stacey) Cross, great- 
grandson of Ralph and Miriam (Atkinson) Cross. Ralph 
Cross was commissioned as Lieut. Col. of the Fssex 
(Mass.) Regt., commanded by Col. Johnson of Andover. 
In the absence of Col. Johnson he commanded his regi- 
ment in the engagement, which resulted in the surrender 
of Gen. Burgoyne. 

29. Francis Brigham Denio, Bangor, Me. 

(i.) Son of Horace and Elzina Salome (Williams) 
Denio, grandson of Ira and Harriet (Carpenter) Denio, 
great-grandson of Seth and Rebecca (Allen) Denio. 
Seth Denio was a private soldier in 1776 and 1777, in 
Capt. Samuel Taylor's Co., Col. Nicholas Dike's Regt., 
and in Capt. Hugh McLellen's Co., Col. David Wells' 
Regt. 



30 SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. 

(2.) Son of Horace and Elzina Salome (Williams) 
Denio, grandson of Benjamin B., and Hepzibah (Taylor) 
Williams, great-grandson of Benjamin and Hepzibah 
(Brown) Williams. Benjamin Williams was Orderly 
Sergeant in Capt. Ezra Town's Co., Col. James Reed's 
Regt. at the battle of Bunker Hill. He was Ensign in 
Capt. Stephen Parker's Co., Col. Moses Nichol's Regt. 
at the battles of Bennington and Stillwater. 

30. Georc.e Doane Rand, Portland, Me. 

Son of John and Caroline Dunton (Doane) Rand, 
grandson of Isaiah and Maria (Dunton) Doane, great- 
grandson of Isaiah and Hannah (Bartlett) Doane, 
great-great-grandson of Elisha and Hope (Rich) Doane. 
Elisha Doane was a delegate to the Boston Convention, 
representative to the General Court of Massachusetts 
in 1 78 1 and 17S2, and colonel of militia. 

31. Charles Porter Clapp, Portland, Me. 

Son of Charles Barnard and Mercy Porter (Swan) 
Clapp, grandson of Joel and Abigail (Peckham) Clapp, 
great-grandson of Joshua and Nabby (Barnard) Clap. 
Joshua Clap was commissioned Lieutenant Jan. i, 1777, 
in 8th Regt. Mass. Line, Col. Jackson. He was severe- 
ly wounded at Stillwater. Afterwards he was in Wes- 
son's 9th Regt., as Lieutenant and Quartermaster. 

32. James Alfred Spaldin(;, Portland, Me. 

Son of Lyman Dyer and Susan Parker (Parrott) Spald- 
ing, grandson of Lyman and Adelaide (Cones) Spalding, 
great-grandson of Dyer and Elizabeth (Parkhurst) Spald- 
ing. Dyer Spalding served several years as Captain, 
Major, Quartermaster and Lieutenant Colonel. He was 
present at the capture of Fort Ticonderoga in 1775 and 
at Burgoyne's surrender in 1777. 



THE MAINE SOCIETY. 3 1 

33. Isaac Sparrow Bangs, Waterville, Me. 

(i.) Son of Isaac Sparrow and Lucina (Barrett) Bangs, 
grandson of Dean and Eunice (Sparrow) Bangs. Dean 
Bangs was a private in Capt. Abijah Bangs' Co., Col. 
Dike's regiment. He also served as a privateersman. 

(2.) Son of Isaac Sparrow and Lucina (Barrett) 
Bangs, grandson of Dean and Eunice (Sparrow) Bangs, 
great-grandson of Elkanah and Susannah (Dillingham) 
Bangs. Elkanah Bangs of Harwich (Brewster), Mass., 
served on a privateer in 1777, was taken prisoner. His 
neighbors captured at the same time, were exchanged, 
returned to Harwich, and reported that the British 
refused to exchange Elkanah Bangs on account of the 
value of his services as a ship carpenter. Whether he 
served as such or died in the prisonship is unknown. 
He was never afterwards heard from by his friends. 

34. Dennis Milliken Bangs, Waterville, Me. 

Son of Isaac Sparrow and Hadassah Jane (Milliken) 
Bangs. See No. 23- 

35. George Roscoe Shaw, Portland, Me. 

(1.) Son of Eleazer Cole and Polly Niles (Kinsley) 
Shaw, grandson of Azel and Polly (Niles) Kinsley, great- 
grandson of Azel and Martha (Howard) Kinsley. Azel 
Kinsley was in Capt. Matthew Randall's Co., Col. Geo. 
William's Regt., as fifer in Capt. Ebenezer Dean's Co., 
Col. Thomas Carpenter's Regt., also in Col. John Dag- 
gett's Regt., also in Capt. Hodge's Co., Col. Hathaway's 
Regt. July I, 1780 he enlisted for six months in the 
Continental army, and was discharged at West Point. 

(2.) Son of Eleazer Cole and Polly Niles (Kinsley) 
Shaw, grandson of Gilbert and Silence (Cole) Shaw, 
great-grandson of Eleazer and Lucy (Shurtleff) Cole. 
See No. 6 (3) for services of Eleazer Cole. 



32 SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. 

2,6. George Edwin Brown, Portland, Me. 

Son of Asa and Elvira (Bird) Brown, grandson of 
Seth and Elizabeth (Sawin) Bird, great-grandson of 
Benjamin and Mary (Prentiss) Bird. Benjamin Bird 
was in Capt. Theophilus Lyon's Co., Lieut. Col. Samuel 
Pierce's Regt., Mass. Line, March i, 1778. 

37. James Phinney Baxter, Portland, Me. 

Son of Elihu jr. and Sarah (Cone) Baxter, grandson 
of Elihu and Tryphena (Taylor) Baxter. Elihu Baxter 
was enrolled April 4, 1776, in Capt. James Osgood's Co., 
Col. Bedel's Regt., New Hampshire troops. Septem- 
ber, 1777, he re-entered the service in Col. Peter Olcott's 
Regt., in Gen. Gates' Army. 

38. William Berry Lapham, Augusta, Me. 

(i) Son of John and Lovicy (Berry) Lapham, grand- 
son of Abijah and Abigail (Buck) Lapham, great-grand- 
son of John and Bathsheba (Eames) Lapham. John 
Lapham had served in the French and Indian wars in 
1755-60, and he and his son, John Lapham jr., enlisted 
for the Rhode Island campaign of 1778. John Lapham 
was in the service nearly a year. John Lapham jr. died 
in the service in 1778. 

(2) Son of John and Lovicy (Berry) Lapham, grand- 
son of Abijah and Abigail (Buck) Lapham, great-grand- 
son of John Buck jr., who enlisted and served in and 
about Ticonderoga. He re-enlisted and served in Capt 
Enoch Page's Co., Col. Senter's Regt., in the Rhode 
Island campaign. 

(3) Son of John and Lovicy (Berry) Lapham, grand- 
son of Levi and Lusannah (Bryant) Berry, great-grand- 
son of William and Joanna (Doane) Berry. William 
Berry enlisted and served for a few months around Kit- 
tery and Portsmouth, N. H. 



THE MAINE SOCIETY. 33 

(4) Son of John and Lovicy (Berry) Lapham, grand- 
son of Levi and Lusannah (Bryant) Berry, great-grandson 
of Solomon Bryant who served in Capt. Lemuel Curtis, 
Hanover (Mass.), company one year and was also in 
the Massachusetts Line, served in 1776, 1777, 1779 and 
1780. 

39. Frank Roundy Ashton Pingree, Boston, Mass. 

Son of Luther Farrar Pingree. See No. 24. 

40. Harrison Bird Brown, Portland, Me. 

Brother of George Edwin Brown. See No. ^6. 

41. RuFus King Dunham, Bryants Pond, Me. 

Son of Ransom and Susan (Jackson) Dunham, grand- 
son of James and Mary (Ransom) Dunham. James Dun- 
ham was enrolled April 20, 1775, in Capt, Harlow's Co.; 
was also in Capt. Edward Sparrow's Co., Col. Danforth 
Keys' Regt., December, 1777. 

42. Brown Thurston, Portland, Me. 

(i.) Son of David and Prudence (Brown) Thurston, 
grandson of David and Mary (Bacon) Thurston. David 
Thurston was a private soldier in the Mass. Line at vari- 
ous dates from April 19, 1775, to September, 4, 1778. 

(2.) Son of David and Prudence (Brown) Thurston, 
grandson of Benjamin and Prudence (Kelley) Brown. 
Benjamin Brown was a private soldier in the 2d Co., ist 
New Hampshire Regt, Col. Joseph Cilley, commanding ; 
also in Col. McClary's Regiment. 

43. Edwin Howard Vose, Calais, Me. 

Son of Peter Thatcher and Lydia Cushing (Buck) Vose, 
grandson of Thomas and Mehitable (Hayden) Vose, 
great-grandson of Josiah and Silence ( Howard) Hayden, 
For services of Major Josiah Hayden, see No. 4. 
3 



34 SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. 

44. Malcolm Cameron Pingree, Portland, Me. 

Son of Luther Farrar Pingree. See No. 24. 

45. Lauriston Ward S^LVLL, Brooklyn, N. Y. 

(i.) Son of Humphrey and Sarah (Libby) Small, 
grandson of Henry and Elizabeth (Dam) Small, great- 
grandson of John and Mary (McKonney) Small, great- 
great-grandson of Samuel and Anna (Hatch) Small. 
Saniuel Small, though seventy-five years of age in 1775, 
was active on the Committees of Correspondence, In- 
spection and Safety. He made the record of the Dec- 
laration of Independence in the Scarboro clerk's book. 

(2.) Son of Humphrey and Sarah (Libby) Small, 
grandson of Henry and Elizabeth (Dam) Small. Henry 
Small was a private soldier in the Massachusetts Conti- 
nental Line, and received a pension. 

(3.) Son of Humphrey and Sarah (Libby ) Small, 
grandson of Harvey and Sarah (Small) Libby. Harvey 
Libby was a private soldier in the NLxssachusetts Conti- 
nental Line, and received a pension. 

46. Ykvvz Hf.kmaxn Jordan, Portland, Me. 

( i) Son of Winthrop Stan wood and Elizabeth Sophia 
(Merrill) Jordan, grandson of Rishworth and ISLiry 
(Tones) lordan, great-grandson of lieniamin and Han- 
nah (Weiman) Jordan, l^enjamin Jordan served as a 
Lieutenant in Capt. David Strout's Co., and was sta- 
tioned in Cape Elizabeth and Scarboro. He also served 
at intervals during the war. 

(2) Son of Winthrop Stanwood and Elizabeth Sophia 
(Merrill) Jordan, grandson of Rishworth and 'Mary 
(Jones) Jordan, great-grandson of Dr. Nathaniel Jones. 
Dr. Jones was surgeon of Col. Jonathan Mitchell's 
Regt. which had a part in the Bagaduce expedition. As 



THE MAINE SOCIETY. 35 

a result of exposure on the retreat he contracted a 
fever which caused his death, Sept. 4, 1779. 

(3) Son of Winthrop Stan wood and Elizabeth Sophia 
(Merrill) Jordan, grandson of Thomas and Sophia 
(Smith) Merrill, great-grandson of Levi and Mary 
(Smith) Merrill. Levi Merrill was 3d Sergt. in Capt. 
David Bradish's Co. in 1775. 

47. John Conant SrEWAur, York Corner, Me. 

Son of Duncan and Margaret(Ritchie) Stewart, grand- 
son of Allan and Mary (Miller) Stewart, great-grandson 
of Allan and Mary (Berry) Stewart. Allan Stewart 
was a private soldier in Col. Cilley's Kegt., New Hamp- 
shire Line, and a pensioner. 

48. Vincent Moses, Patten, Me. 

Son of Hiram and Jletsey (Campbell) Moses, grand- 
son of John and Abigail (Barlow) Campbell. John Camp- 
bell, a private in the Massachusetts Line, served at 
three different times. He was at West Point in 1781. 
He also served on a privateer near the close of the war, 
and was taken prisoner with his brother, Vincent Camp- 
bell. 

49. Zkiuji.on King Harmon, Portland, Me. 

(1) Son of Daniel and roily (True) Harmon, grand- 
son of William True. William True was ist Sergt. of 
Capt. Morrill's Co., Col. Caleb Cushing's Regt. of 
Massachusetts Militia, in 1775, ^^^ Lieut, in Capt. Ben- 
jamin Evans' Co., in 1776. 

(2) Son of Daniel and Polly (True) Harmon, grand- 
son of Daniel and Mary (York) Harmon. Daniel Har- 
mon was Corporal in Capt. Samuel Whittemore's Co., 
Col. Reuben Fogg's Regt. Mass. Bay Militia, and served 
at Peekskill, N. Y. 



36 SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. 

50. George Willard True, Portland, Me. 

Son of Moses and Lois (Knowles) True, grandson of 
John Knowles, who was a private soldier in the New 
Hampshire Line, and was one of the guards of Major 
Andre prior to his execution. 

51. George Foster French, Portland, Me. 

Son of Nathaniel Waldo and Catherine (Gates) 
French, grandson of Samuel jr. and Jerusha (Clark) 
Gates, great-grandson of Samuel and Lucretia (Williams) 
Gates. Samuel Gates was a private soldier in the Con- 
tinental army, was at White Plains, Saratoga and Val- 
ley Forge, and was a pensioner. 

52. Nelson Sargent Allan, Dennysville, Me. 

Son of Theophilus Wilder and Martha R. (Sargent) 
Allan, grandson of Mark and Susan (Wilder) Allan, great- 
grandson of John and Mary (Patten) Allan. At the out- 
break of the Revolution in 1775, John Allan held a seat 
in the Parliament of Nova Scotia. In the summer of 1776 
he decided to join the colonies. Assembling the Indians 
near Chediac, Sept. 19, 1776, he explained to them the 
diif erences between the colonies and the northern country ; 
and having laid before Congress his plans for defending 
the eastern frontier, he received a commission as col- 
onel. At Machias, in August 1777, he repulsed the 
British, 

53. Alfred Thomas Small, Yarmouthville, Me. 

(i) Son of Daniel and Johanna (Soule) Small, 
grandson of Edward and Sarah (Mitchell) Small, great- 
grandson of John and Sarah (Atkins) Small, great-great- 
grandson of Samuel and Anna (Hatch) Small. For 
services of Samuel Small see No. 45. 



THE MAINE SOCIETY. 37 

(2) Son of Daniel and Johanna (Soule) Small, 
grandson of Edward and Sarah ( Mitchell) Small. Edward 
Small was a private soldier in Capt. John Wentworth's 
Company, whose mileage to Fort Edward is given on the 
roll in the office of Secretary of State, Boston, as four 
hundred and thirty-four miles. 

54. EsREFF Hill Banks, Biddeford, Me. 

(i) Son of James and Ruth (Merrill) Banks, grand- 
son of Samuel and Anna (Eaton) Merrill, great-grand- 
son of Lieut. Samuel and Elizabeth (Bradbury) Merrill. 
Samuel Merrill served from May 3, 1775, in Capt. Hill's 
Co., Col. James Scammon's 30th Regt. 

(2) Son of James and Ruth (Merrill) Banks, grand- 
son of Samuel and Elizabeth (Bradbury) Merrill. Sam- 
uel Banks served as a private soldier in Capt. Hill's Co. 

55. Edward Breck Robinson, Portland, Me. 

Son of Stephen and Hannah (Withington) Robinson, 
grandson of Ebenezer and Mary (Preston) Withington. 
Ebenezer Withington was " assistant" in Capt. Edward 
Boylston's Co., division of artificers under Maj. Joseph 
Eayres, Oct. 1778. He also saw other service and was a 
pensioner. 

56. Edward Withington Robinson, Boston, Mass. 

Son of Edward Breck and Julia (Barber) Robinson. 

See No. 55. 

57. Percy Clements Smith, Litchfield Corner, Me. 

Son of William Henry and Almira Moulton (Smith) 
Smith, grandson of Horatio and Eliza Sophia (Tallman) 
Smith, great-grandson of Ebenezer and Jennet (Mc- 
Kown) Smith, his 2d wife. See No. 5, (i), for services 



38 SONS OF THK AMKKICAN KFVOI.UTIOX. 

of Ebenozer Smith .\iui Xo. 5. i,j\ tor services ot Peleg- 
T.Ulman. 

Porov t^'loments Smith died Nf.iv 17, 1S9::. 

5S. Fkkokkio LiNOOix TowKK. Portland. Me. 

\^it Son of Fr.inois W. P. -ind M.uietta T. ^GilH 
Tower, grandson of Washington and Rebecca Thayer 
(French^ To\Yer, great-grandson of Gideon and Elizabeth 
i^Cox") Tower. Gideon Tower was a private in Capt. 
Eliphalet S.nvon's Co.. March 4. 1776. 

{2) Son of Francis ^V. 1\ and Marietta T. (Gill) 
Tower, grandson of Jason and Mary A. (Talbot ^ Gill, 
great-grandson of Elijah and Rebecca (Hawes") Gill, 
great-great-grandson of Elijah and Abigail (Fisher) Gill. 
Elijah Gill enlisted as a private in Capt. Theophilus 
Lvon's Co.. Col. Benjamin Gill's Regt.. March 2::. 1776. 

(0 Son ot" Francis W. D. and >[arietta T. (GilH 
Tower, grandson of Jason and Mary A. (Talbot") Gill, 
great-grandson of Isaac and Betsey (Bird) Talbot, 
great-great-grandson of Isaac and Susan (Turner 1 Tal- 
bot. Isaac Talbot enlisted as a private in Capt. Peter 
Talbot's Co., April ui. 1775 and February 17, 1777. 
He also served in Capt. Wm. Brig^-s' Co., Col. Joseph 
Read's Regt. 

59. EvKRETT RicHARi-> DRUMMOxn. Watexville, Me. 

Brother of Tosiah Hayden Drummond. See Xo. 4. 

60. Gkorgk Hexrv Luuiv. Portland. Me. 

Son of John W. and Jane R. (Bolton) Libby. grandson 
of Caleb and Sanih (^Webster) Libby, great-grandson of 
Samuel and Abigniil (Graffam'^ Libby. Samuel Libby 
served with Capt. Benj. Larrabee, in Col. Fogg's Regt.; 
also on the Bag";^duce Expedition in 1779. 



THE MAINE SOCIETY. 39 

6i. George Herman Allan, Portland, Me. 

(i) Son of George Washington and Mary J. (Moore) 
Allan, grandson of John Crane and Achsah (Sawyer) 
Allan, great-grandson of John and Mehitable (Crane) 
Allan, great-great-grandson of Col. John and Mary 
(Patten) Allan. For service of Col. John Allan, see No. 
52- 

(2) Son of George Washington and Mary J. (Moore) 
Allan, grandson of John Crane and Achsah (Sawyer) 
Allan, great-grandson of John and Mehitable Crane 
Allan, great-great-grandson of John and Mehitable 
(Wheeler) Crane. John Crane was Captain of Gridley's 
Regiment, Massachusetts Artillery, May 3, 1775 ; Major 
of Knox's Regiment Continental Artillery, Dec. 10, 1775 ; 
wounded at Corker's Ilook, Sept. 14, 1776; Colonel 3d 
Continental Artillery, Jan. i, 1777 ; transferred to corps 
of Artillery, June 17, 1783 ; Brevet Brig. General, Sept. 
30, 1783 ; served to Nov. 3, 1783. He was a member of 
the Massachusetts Society of the Cincinnati. 

62. Charles James House, Augusta, Me. 

Son of Charles and Margaret (Pennell) House, grand- 
son of William and Lucy (Johnson) Pennell, great-grand- 
son of James and Hannah (Bates) Johnson. James 
Johnson enlisted May 17, 1775, in Capt. James Curtis' 
Co., Harpswell, and served three months. 

63. Joseph Addison King, Portland, Me. 

(i) Son of Alonzo and Miranda (Prentiss) King, 
grandson of Samuel and Sally (Hall) King, great-grand- 
son of George and Betsey (Shaw) King. For services of 
George King, see No. 6, (2). 

(2) Son of Alonzo and Miranda (Prentiss) King, 
grandson of Samuel and Sally (Hall) King, great-grand- 



4© SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. 

son of George and Betsey (Shaw) King, great-great- 
grandson of Benjamin and Abiah (Leonard) King. For 
services of Benjamin King, see No. 6, (i). 

64. John Ulmer Chandler, Machias, Me. 

Son of John and Susan Ulmer (Wilson) Chandler, 
grandson of John and Mary (Ulmer) Wilson, great- 
grandson of George Ulmer who enlisted March 5, 1776, 
in Capt. Benjamin Plummer's Co., at St. George and 
served six months. From 1777, he served thirty-one months 
and fourteen days in Capt. Hunt's Co., ist Regt.; June 
I, 1780, was Lieut, in Col. Prime's Regt.; Nov. 25, Adjt. 
on Col. Prime's staff; May 20, 1781, Adjt. on Col. Sam- 
uel McCobb's staff; March 7, 1782, he was Capt. in 
Col. James Hunt's Regt., and was pensioned in 18 18. 

65. Charles Folsom Jones, Skowhegan, Me. 

(i) Son of Luther and Joanna Weeks (Folsom) 
Jones, grandson of Jeremiah and Octavia (Howe) Fol- 
som, great-grandson of Levi and Joanna (Weeks) Fol- 
som, great-great-grandson of Jeremiah and Mary (Hersey) 
Folsom. Jeremiah Folsom was Capt. in 1775, and Lieut. 
Col. in 1776; also a member of the Fourth Provincial 
Congress. 

(2) Son of Luther and Joanna Weeks (Folsom) 
Jones, grandson of Jeremiah and Octavia (Howe) Fol- 
som, great-grandson of Levi and Joanna (Weeks) Fol- 
som. Levi Folsom served as a private soldier and re- 
ceived a pension. 

66. George Edwin Allen, Sanford, Me. 

Son of Emilus and Sarah (Hanson) Allen, grandson 
of Elisha and Harriet (Nason) Allen, great-grandson 
of Samuel and Joanna (Moulton) Nason. Samuel 



THE MAINE SOCIETY, 4I 

Nason was Quartermaster in Col. James Scammon's 
Regt., was commissioned Captain of a Matross Co., Dec. 
g, 1777, and was a delegate to the Constitutional Con- 
vention in 1780. 

67. Prentice Cheney Manning, Portland Me. 

Son of Franklin and Sophia (Cheney) Manning, 
grandson of William and Tryphena (Hatch) Cheney, 
great-grandson of William Cheney, of Marlow, N. H. 
William Cheney served in Capt. Samuel Canfield's Co., 
in July 1777. In September and October in the same 
year, he served in Capt. Oliver Ashley's Co.; July 16, 
1779, he enlisted for one year in Col. Benjamin Bellows' 
regiment. 

68. Joseph Porter Thompson, Portland, Me. 

(i) Son of William Lord and Olive (Mitchell) 
Thompson, grandson of Nathaniel and Elizabeth (Huff) 
Thompson, great-grandson of Benjamin and Elizabeth 
(Lord) Thompson. Benjamin Thompson was in Capt. 
Salter's Co., in 1775, and in 1776 in Capt. Tobias 
Lord's Co. He served at West Point in Capt. James 
Perkins' Co., Col. Frost's Regt., and in 1777 was in 
Capt. Joshua Nason's Co., at Saratoga. 

(2) Son of William Lord and Olive (Mitchell) 
Thompson, grandson of Nathaniel and Elizabeth (Huff) 
Thompson, great-grandson of Benjamin and Elizabeth 
(Lord) Thompson, great-great-grandson of Tobias and 

•Jane (Smith) Lord. Capt. Tobias Lord commanded a 
company of Infantry at Falmouth in 1776. He had five 
sons in the service, Lieuts. Tobias and John and privates 
Daniel, Dominicus and Nathaniel. 

(3) Son of William Lord and Olive (Mitchell) 
Thompson, grandson of Nathaniel and Elizabeth (Huff) 



42 SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. 

Thompson, great-grandson of Charles and Grace 
(Smith) Huff. Charles Huff served in Capt. Tobias 
Lord's Co., at Falmouth in 1776. 

69. Clinton Aaron Woodburv, Deering, j\Ie. 

Son of Aaron and Sarah Peabody (Lewis) Woodbury, 
grandson of George and Ruth (Lincoln) Lewis, great- 
grandson of George and Mary (Bacon) Lewis. George 
Lewis was a private in Capt. Timothy Langdon's Co., in 
1775; under Capt. Elisha Nye in 1776; in Col. Free- 
man's Regt. in 1777 ; Capt. of company in 177S ; later a 
Major. 

70. Edwin Faxon Vose, Portland, Me. 

Son of Henry C. and Rachel Wild ( Faxon) Vose, 
grandson of Joseph and Deborah (Churchill) Vose, 
great-grandson of Jeremiah and Hannah (Holmes) Vose. 
Jeremiah Vose was a private in Capt. Peter Talbot's 
company from Stoughton, and was in the fight at Lex- 
ington, April 19, 1775. He was also Corporal in Capt. 
Simon Leach's Co., Col. Benjamin Gills" Regt., and assist- 
ed in erecting the fortifications on Dorchester Heights. 

71. Charles Ford Dam, Portland, Me. 

Son of Leader and Mary Jane (Brown) Dam, grand- 
son of Samuel and Miriam (Fernald) Dam, great-grand- 
son of Hercules and ^liriam (Purcelly) Fernald. Her- 
cules Fernald was a private in the Massachusetts line 
and a pensioner. 

72. Charles Scott Fobes, Portland, Me. 

(i) Son of Charles and Hannah (Webster) Fobes, 
grandson of Amasa and Anne (Fames) Fobes, great- 
grandson of Nathaniel and Kata (Rice) Fames. See No. 
27, (3), for Nathaniel Fames' services. 



THE MAINE SOCIETY. 43 

(2) Son of Charles and Hannah (Webster) Fobes, 
grandson of Amasa and Anne ( Eames) Fobes, great- 
grandson of Nathaniel and Kata (Rice) Eames, great- 
great-grandson of Nathaniel jr., and Rachel (Lovell) 
Eames. See No. 27, (4), for the services of Nathaniel 
Eames jr. 

(3) Son of Charles and Hannah (Webster) Fobes, 
grandson of Amasa and Anne (Eames) Fobes, great- 
grandson of Nathaniel and Kata (Rice) Eames, great- 
great-grandson of Jonathan and Ruth (Eames) Rice. 
See No. 27, (5), for Jonathan Rice's services. 

73. Leander Webster Fobes, Portland, Me. 

Brother of Charles Scott Fobes. See No. 72. 

74. Daniel Goodhue, Portland, Me. 

Son of Richard Shatswell and Sarah W. (Quincy) Good- 
hue, grandson of Daniel jr. and Hannah (Shatsvi^ell) 
Goodhue. Daniel Goodhue jr. served in Capt. Abram 
Dodge's Co., Col. Moses Little's Regt., also in Nathan 
Wade's Co., same Regt., also on board privateer brigan- 
tine Fancy. He was captured Aug. 7, 1777 and impris- 
oned at Plymouth, Eng., until the end of the war. 

75. Fred Newton Mayberry, Portland, Me. 

(i) Son of Benjamin B. and Eliza Ross (Linscott) 
Mayberry, grandson of Francis and Susanna (Stewart) 
Mayberry, great-grandson of William and Rebecca 
(Bodge) Mayberry, great-great-grandson of Richard and 
Martha (Bolton) Mayberry. Richard Mayberry was 
Captain of the Fifth Co., Eleventh Mass. Regt., Col, 
Benjamin Tupper. He was in the battles at Saratoga, at 
Monmouth and at Hubbardstown. 

(2) Son of Benjamin B. and Eliza Ross (Linscott) 
Mayberry, grandson of Francis and Susanna (Stewart) 



44 SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. 

Mayberry, great-grandson of William and Rebecca 
(Bodge) Mayberry. William Mayberry was a private in 
his father's company, and served from Jan. i, 1777 to 
Dec. 31, 1779. 

(3) Son of Benjamin Bodge and Eliza Ross (Linscott) 
Mayberry, grandson of Francis and Susanna (Stewart) 
Mayberry, great-grandson of Joseph and Hannah (Smal- 
ley) Stewart, great-great-grandson of Wentworth and Su- 
sanna (Lombard) Stewart. Wentworth Stewart was Cap- 
tain in Col. Phinney's Regt., i8th Massachusetts. He 
was a representative in 1773 and 1774, and died at 
Brookline while in service April 17, 1776. 

76. Henry Robert Taylor, Machias, Me. 

Son of Denzil and Ann D. ( Morse ) Taylor, grandson 
of Hezekiah and Sarah ( Frost) Taylor. Hezekiah Tay- 
lor was a member of the " Committee of Safety," and 
was enrolled a member of Lieut. Park's Co., " Minute 
Men." 

77. James Keazer, Portland, Me. 

(i) Son of David and Caroline (Mitchell) Keazer, 
grandson of Reuben and Mary (York) Keazer, great- 
grandson of Reuben Keazer, who, previous to Sept. 20, 
1777, served two months in Capt. Ebenezer Webster's 
Co., Col. Stickney's Regt., in Gen. Stark's Brigade. 
Enlisted July 13, 1782 for three years, or during the war. 

(2) Son of David and Caroline (Mitchell) Keazer, 
grandson of Benjamin and Sarah (Fogg) Mitchell. 
Benjamin Mitchell served at Falmouth in Capt. B. Mor- 
ton's Co., from Jan. 4, 1776, to November ; also in Capt. 
Benjamin Larrabee's Co., Col. Jonathan Mitchell's Regt. ; 
also under the same captain, in Col. Freeman's Regt., 
and in Capt. W. Swift's Co., Col. Freeman's Regt., be- 



THE MAINE SOCIETY, 45 

tween November 1776, and Sept. 6, 1778, at Falmouth. 
He also served from July 31, to Sept. 26, 1781, on the 
sloop Defense, Capt. James Nevins, Commander. 

78. Walter Bosworth Maling, Portland, Me. 

(i) Son of Henry M. and Ernestine L. (Perkins) 
Maling, grandson of Clement and Lucinda (Fairfield) 
Perkins, great-grandson of William and Mary (King) 
Fairfield. William Fairfield was a soldier in the Mas- 
sachusetts Line and was a pensioner. 

(2) Son of Henry M. and Ernestine L. (Perkins) 
Maling, grandson of Thomas and Mary L. (Howard) 

• Maling, great-grandson of Moses and Elizabeth (Whit- 
ten) Howard, great-great-grandson of Joseph and Anne 
(Burnham) Whitten. See No. 89, (3). 

(3) Son of Henry M. and Ernestine L. (Perkins) 
Maling, grandson of Thomas and Mary L. (Howard) 
Maling, great-grandson of Moses and Elizabeth (Whit- 
ten) Howard, great-great-grandson of Joseph and Anne 
(Burnham) Whitten, great-great-great-grandson of John 
and Ruth (Merrill) Whitten. See No. 89, (i). 

(4) Son of Henry M. and Ernestine L. (Perkins) 
Maling, grandson of Thomas and Mary L. (Howard) 
Maling, great-grandson of Moses and Elizabeth (Whit- 
ten) Howard, great-great-grandson of Joseph and Anne 
(Burnham) Whitten, great-great-great-grandson of James 
and Grace Dazell Burnham. S^e No. 89, (2). 

79. Elijah Gushing Wilder, Calais, Me. 

(i) Son of Gushing and Alice (Crane) Wilder, grand- 
son of Theophilus 2d, and Hannah French (Waterman) 
Wilder, great-grandson of Theophilus and Lydia (Gush- 
ing) Wilder. Theophilus Wilder was commissioned 
Lieut, Sept. 26, 1776 in Capt. Stephen Penniman's Regt., 



46 SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. 

Captain Dec. i, 1776 in Col. Nicholas Dyke's Regt., and 
July 27, 1780 in Col. Eben Thayer jr.'s, Regt. He was 
in the seige of Yorktown, and at the surrender of Lord 
Cornwallis' army. 

(2) Son of Cushing and Alice (Crane) Wilder, 
grandson of John and Mary (Wheeler) Crane, great- 
grandson of John and Mehitable (Wheeler) Crane. For 
John Crane's services see No. 61, (2). 

80. MiAL MosMAN, Union, Me. 

Sonof Aaron jr., and Echsa Mosman, grandson of Aaron 
and Hepzibath Mosman. Aaron Mosman served four 
years and eight months under Gen, Lincoln in Morgan's 
Corps, and was in the battle of Bennington and at the 
capture of Burgoyne. He was also a pensioner. 

81. Herbert Harris, East Machias, Me. 

(i) Son of Peter Talbot and Deborah (Longfellow) 
Harris, grandson of Josiah and Lucy (Talbot) Harris, 
great-grandson of Peter and Lucy (Hammond) Talbot, 
great-great-grandson of Peter and Abigail (Wheeler) 
Talbot. Peter Talbot commanded the company which 
marched from Stoughton at the Lexington Alarm, April 

i9» 1775- 

(2 ) Son of Peter Talbot and Deborah (Longfellow) 
Harris, grandson of Jacob and Tahpenes (Longfellow) 
Longfellow, great-grandson of Nathan and Tahpenes 
(Huntley) Longfellow. Nathan Longfellow served as a 
Corporal in Capt. Smith's Co., at Machias, four months, 
two weeks and one day, from Aug. 26, 1775 ; as Second 
Lieutenant July 11, 1776; was in Capt. Reuben Dyar's 
Co., in expedition against enemies of America at St. 
Johns; Lieut. June i, to Aug. i, 1777 ; also Aug. i, to 
Dec. 13, 1777. 



THE MAINE SOCIETY. 47 

82. Charles Lathrop Drummond, Portland, Me. 

Brother of Josiah Hayden Drummond. See No. 4. 

83. Appleton Heath Plaisted, Waterville, Me. 

Son of Aaron Appleton and Emily Carleton (Heath) 
Plaisted, grandson of Solyman and Emily (Redington) 
Heath, great-grandson of Asa and Mary (Getchell ) Red- 
ington. Asa Redington was in Col. Peabody's N. H. 
Regiment in 1778, under Gen. Sullivan. In the spring 
of 1780, he served under Col. Millen. March, 1781, he en- 
listed for three years in Col. Alexander Scammell's regi- 
ment. July I, 1783, he was appointed Corporal of Capt. 
• Howe's Co., Washington's Life Guard. 

84. Francis Loring Talbot, East Machias, Me. 

(i) Son of Francis Loring and Mary Gushing (Bad- 
ger) Talbot, grandson of Micah Jones and Betsey (Rich) 
Talbot, great-grandson of Peter and Lucy ( Hammond) 
Talbot, great-great-grandson of Peter and Abigail 
(Wheeler) Talbot. For Peter Talbot's services see No, 
81,(1). 

(2) Son of Francis Loring and Mary Gushing (Bad- 
ger) Talbot, grandson of Nathaniel and Jane (Owen) 
Badger, great-grandson of Philip and Joanna (Thomp- 
son) Owen. Philip Owen served four years as a private 
soldier in the Continental army. He was in the battle 
at Hubbardstown, Stillwater and was at the surrender of 
Burgoyne. He was also a witness of the execution of 
Maj. Andre: 

85. Austin Harris, East Machias, Me. 

Brother of Herbert Harris. See No. 81. 

86. John Olin Rice, Portland, Me. 

Son of Rev. John and Mary Terrill (Hunt) Rice, 



48 SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. 

grandson of George and Hannah (Hanscom) Rice, great- 
grandson of Lemuel and Anna (Stone) Rice. Lemuel 
Rice was in Capt. John Rice's Co., Col. Edmund Phin- 
ney's regiment, 31st Regt. Foot, Gen. Heath's Brigade, 
Major Gen. Putnam's division, at the investment of Bos- 
ton. Enlisted May 15, 1775, served eight months in 
1776, served five days as private in Capt. David Chad- 
wick's Co., also in Capt. John Skillings' Co., Col. Eben- 
ezer Francis' Regt; enlisted Jan. g, 1776, mustered at 
Bennington, served fifty-nine days ; also in Capt. John 
Wentworth's Co., Aug. 20, 1776, discharged at Fort 
Edward from Capt. John Wentworth's Co., Col. Wil- 
lard's Regt., at once re-enlisting in the Continental ser- 
vice as a private in Capt. Clark's Co., Eleventh Mass. 
Bay Regt. (Continental Army), Col. Benjamin Tupper; 
enlisted Jan. i, 1777 and was discharged Dec. 31, 1779; 
served three years. 

87. Sheridan Plaisted, Waterville, Me. 

Brother of Appleton Heath Plaisted. See No. S3. 

88. David Dana Spear, Freeport, Me. 

Son of William and Emily (Bridge) Spear, grandson 
of Franklin and Elizabeth (Curtis) Bridge, great-grand- 
son of Caleb and Hannah Curtis. Caleb Curtis was a 
soldier in the Massachusetts Line, also a pensioner. 

89. Henry Martyn Maling, Portland, Me. 

(i) Son of Thomas and Mary L. (Howard) Maling, 
grandson of Moses and Elizabeth (Whitten) Howard, 
great-grandson of Joseph and Anne (Burnham) Whit- 
ten, great-great-grandson of John and Ruth (Merrill) 
Whitten. John Whitten was a member of the Committee 
of Safety and Defense in Arundel. 



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(2) Son of Thomas and Mary L. (Howard) Maling, 
grandson of Moses and Elizabeth (Whitten) Howard, 
great-grandson of Joseph and Anne (Burnham) Whit- 
ten, great-great-grandson of James and Grace (Dalzell) 
Burnham. James Burnham was a delegate from Arundel 
to the Fanueil Hall Convention Sept. 1768 and a member 
of the Committee of Inspection 1774. He had five sons 
in the Continental army. 

(3) Son of Thomas and Mary L. (Howard) Maling, 
grandson of Moses and Elizabeth (Whitten) Howard, 
great-grandson of Joseph and Anne (Burnham) Whitten. 
Joseph Whitten was a private soldier in the Mass. troops. 

90. Frank Burr Moody, Deering, Me. 

Son of Franklin Crosby and Julia Frances (Burr) 
Moody, grandson of Lemuel and Emma (Crosby) Moody, 
great-grandson of Enoch and Ann (Weeks) Moody. 
Enoch Moody was chairman of Committee of Corres- 
pondence and Inspection, and was private in Capt. David 
Bradish's Co., Col. Phinney's Regt., April 21, 1775. 

91. Charles Edward Banks, Portland, Me. 

Son of Edward Prince and Ellen P. E. (Soule) Banks, 
grandson of Charles and Phebe (Bartol) Soule, great- 
grandson of George and Jane (Soule) Bartol. George 
Bartol was a private in Capt. John Gray's Co., Col. Jon- 
athan Mitchell's Regt, in the Penobscot Expedition, 1779. 

92. Charles Church Larrabee, Cincinnati, Ohio. 

(i) Son of Charles Weston and Eliza Sophia (Smith) 
Larrabee, grandson of Horatio and Eliza Sophia (Tall- 
man) Smith, great-grandson of Ebenezer and Jenet 
(McKown) Smith. For services of Ebenezer Smith, 
see No. 5, (i). 
4 



50 SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. 

(2) Son of Charles Weston and Eliza Sophia (Smith) 
Larrabee, grandson of Horatio and Eliza Sophia (Tall- 
man) Smith, great-grandson of Peleg and Eleanor 
(Clarke) Tallman. For services of Peleg Tallman, see 
No. 5, {2). 

93. John Piper Marston, Biddeford, Me. 

(i) Son of Abraham F. and Catharine R. (Piper) 
Marston, grandson of John L. and Mary (Fogg) Mars- 
ton, great-grandson of Abraham and Elizabeth (Leavitt) 
Marston. Abraham Marston was a private soldier in 
the Continental army and a pensioner. 

(2) Son of Abraham F. and Catharine R. (Piper) 
Marston, grandson of Jonathan and Polly (Burbank) 
Piper, great-grandson of Silas and Sally (Barker) Bur- 
bank. Silas Burbank was captain in the 12th Massa- 
chusetts Bay Regt. 

94. John Milton Adams, Deering, Me. 

(i) Son of Nathan jr. and Susan (Merrill) Adams, 
grandson of Nathan and Betsey (Poor) Adams. Nathan 
Adams was a Lieutenant June 26, 1780, in a company 
raised in Andover, Mass. 

(2) Son of Nathan Jr., and Susan (Merrill) Adams, 
grandson of Ezekiel and Sarah (Emery) Merrill. Ezekiel 
Merrill enlisted April 19, 1775, as Corporal in Capt. 
William Rogers' Co., in Col. Gerrish's Regt., was July 
1776, in Capt. David Quimby's Co., Col. Joshua Win- 
gate's Regt., and was a private in Capt. Amos Gage's Co., 
Col. David Moor's Regt., Sept. 29, 1777, and also in 
Capt. Benjamin Whitten's Co., Col. Jacob Gale's Regt., 
Aug. 5, 1778. 



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95- Seth Francis Clark, Deering, Me. 

(i) Son of Isaac Fowle and Julia C. (Winslow) Clark, 
grandson of Isaac Fowle and Louisa Ann Cushman 
(Marston) Clark, great-grandson of Seth, and Nabby 
(Tukey) Clark, great-great-grandson of Ezra Jr., and 
Sarah (Howe) Clark, great-great-great-grandson of Col. 
Samuel and Hannah (Smith) Howe. For services of 
Col. Samuel Howe, see No. 25, (i). 

(2) Son of Isaac Fowle and Julia C. (Winslow) Clark, 
grandson of Isaac Fowle and Louisa A. C. (Marston) 
Clark, great-grandson of Seth, and Nabby (Tukey) 
Clark, great-great-grandson of Stephen and Hannah 
(Cushing) Tukey. For services of Stephen Tukey, see 
No. 25, (2). 

(3) Son of Isaac Fowle and Julia C. (Winslow) Clark, 
grandson of Isaac Fowle and Louisa A. C. (Marston) 
Clark, great-grandson of Seth and Nabby (Tukey) 
Clark, great-great-grandson of Ezra Jr., and Sarah 
(Howe) Clark, great-great-great-grandson of Ezra and 
Martha (Phelps) Clark. For services of Ezra Clark, see 
No. 25, (4). 

(4) Son of Isaac Fowle and Julia C. (Winslow) Clark, 
grandson of Isaac Fowle and Louisa A. C. (Marston) 
Clark, great-grandson of Seth and Nabby (Tukey) Clark, 
great-great-grandson of Ezra Jr., and Sarah (Howe) 
Clark. For services of Ezra Clark, Jr., see No. 25, (5). 

(5) Son of Isaac Fowle and Julia C. (Winslow) Clark, 
grandson of John Tolman and Mary K. (Noyes) Win- 
slow, great-grandson of James L., and Mary (Stevens) 
Noyes, and great-great-grandson of Moses and Nabby 
(Lock) Noyes. Moses Noyes served in Capt. Abner 
Lowell's Matross Company at Falmouth, in 1777; 
in Capt.. Jesse Partridge's Co., in Col. Greaton's Regt., 



52 SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. 

pay roll dated Oct. 3, 1778; in Capt. William Cobb's 
Co., as Sergeant, in Col. Jonathan Mitchell's Regt., in 
the Bagaduce Expedition in 1779, service two months 
and seventeen days ; in Capt. Joseph Pride's Co., in Col. 
Joseph Prince's Regt., in 1780, service seven months and 
nine days ; and in Lieut. Joseph McLellan's Co., from 
Dec. 6, 1780, to May i, 1781, service four months and 
twenty-five days. 

96. Ivory Franklin Frisbee. Lewiston, Me. 

(i) Son of Joseph and Lydia (Phillips) Frisbee, 
grandson of Darius and Dorothy (Gerrish) Frisbee, 
great-grandson of James Frisbee. James Frisbee signed 
the agreement of citizens, Portsmouth, N. H., Aug. 14, 
1776, to defend the liberties of the inhabitants of the 
United colonies. 

(2) Son of Joseph and Lydia (Phillips) Frisbee, 
grandson of Darius and Dorothy (Gerrish) Frisbee. 
Darius Frisbee signed the Agreement of Citizens, Ports- 
mouth, N. H., Aug. 14, 1776. 

97. Franklin Herbert Hazelton, Portland, Me. 

Son of Ivory Jr., and Sarah Tukey (Richards) Hazel- 
ton, grandson of Ivory and Hannah (Thompson) Hazel- 
ton, great-grandson of Jonathan and Miriam (Bean) 
Hazelton. Jonathan Hazelton was a private in Col. 
Badger's New Hampshire Regt., in 1778. 

98. William Henry Smith, Raymond, Me. 

Son of Henry and Jane E. Smith, grandson of John 
Kilby and Sally Smith. John Kilby Smith was 2d 
Lieut, in Col. Whitcomb's Regt., at the siege of Boston ; 
was commissioned Lieut, and Adjt. of Col. Wiggles- 
worth's 13th Regt.; Jan. i, 1777, commissioned Capt.; 



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was at the battle of Monmouth, commanded Col. Shepard's 
Regt., and was Brigade Major; served in Lt. Infantry 
at Yorktown, and was aid to Gen. Lafayette ; was a mem- 
ber of the Massachusetts Society of the Cincinnati. 

99. Samuel Thurston, Portland, Me. 

Brother of Brown Thurston. See No. 42. 
100. Frank Eugene Sleeper, Sabattus Me, 

Son of Ebenezer Herrick and Sarah (Nash) Sleeper, 
grandson of Nathan and Mary (Ham) Sleeper, great- 
grandson of David and Ruth (James) Sleeper. David 
Sleeper and two of his sons were in the battle of Bunker 
Hill, under Col. Prescott. One son died from a wound 
received there. He later enlisted in Capt. Edward 
Everett's Co., Col. Bedel's Regt., served through the war 
and reached the rank of Captain. 

1 01. Henry Knight Bradbury, Hollis, Me. 

Son of John and Ann Maria (Knight) Bradbury, 
grandson of Elijah and Sarah (Lane) Bradbury. Elijah 
Bradbury was a private in Col. Scammon's Regt., enlist- 
ed in Buxton, in 1775, and was later under Gen. Stark, 
at Bennington ; joined army under Gen. Washington, 
and was at the battle of Long Island and Trenton and 
at Valley Forge ; also at Eutaw Springs, Guilford Court 
House, Cowpens, and finally at the siege of Yorktown. 

102. Charles Quincy Goodhue, Portland, Me. 

Brother of Daniel Goodhue. See No. 74. 

103. Melvin Porter Frank, Portland Me. 

Son of Alpheus and Naomi (Stimson) Frank, grandson 
of James and Roxalana (White) Frank. James Frank 
enlisted in Falmouth, in May, 1775, in Capt. Samuel 
Noyes' Co., Col. Phinney's Regt; in 1776 served under 



54 SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. 

Capt. Daniel Merrill ; in 1777 under Capt. Ellis; in 1779 
under Capt. William Cobb. He was also a pensioner. 

104. Arthur Elbridge Forbes, Paris, Me. 

(i) Son of Elbridge and Angeline (Thayer) Fobes, 
grandson of Seth and Rachael (Eames) Fobes, great- 
grandson of Nathaniel and Katharine (Rice) Eames. 
See No. 27, (3), for services of Nathaniel Eames. 

(2) Son of Elbridge and Angeline (Thayer) Fobes, 
grandson of Seth and Rachael (Eames) Fobes, great- 
grandson of Nathaniel and Katharine (Rice) Eames, 
great-great-grandson of Nathaniel Jr., and Rachael (Lov- 
ell) Eames. See No. 27, (4), for services of Nathaniel 
Eames Jr. 

(3) Son of Elbridge and Angeline (Thayer) Fobes, 
grandson of Seth and Rachael (Eames) Fobes, great- 
grandson of Nathaniel and Katharine (Rice) Eames, 
great-great-grandson of Jonathan and Ruth (Eames) 
Rice. See No. 27, (5), for services of Jonathan Rice. 

105. Marshall William Wood, Fort Preble, Me. 

Son of Benjamin and Eunice Augusta (Greenleaf) 
Wood, grandson of Thomas Lee and Sarah (Marshall) 
Greenleaf, great-grandson of Joseph and Louisa (Ed" 
wards) Marshall. Joseph Marshall enlisted in 1775, 
and served one year under Capt. Well's, Col. Richmond's 
R. I. Regt. ; in 1777 he served six months under Capt. 
Fay, Col. Toppin's R. I. Regt.; in 1777, served three 
months under Capt. Hewitt, Col. Latimer's Conn. Regt. ; 
in 1779 served four months under Lieut. Wait Burdock. 
He was also a pensioner. 

106. Joseph Edes Davis, Freeport, Me. 

Son of William and Desiah R. (Soule) Davis, grandson 
of Andrew and Mahala (Porter) Soule, great-grandson 



THE MAINE SOCIETY. 55 

of James and Martha (Curtis) Soule. James Soule en- 
listed Jan. 4, 1776, in Capt. Jere Hill's Co., Col. Edmund 
Phinney's Regt. He was at Fort George, Dec. 8, 1776, 
and was a pensioner, 

107. Alfred King, Portland, Me. 

( 1 ) Son of Marquis Fayette and Frances Olivia (Plais- 
ted) King, grandson of Col. Samuel Hall and Eliza 
(Shaw) King, great-grandson of Capt. Samuel and Sally 
(Hall) King, great-great-grandson of Sergt. George and 
Betty (Shaw) King. For services of Sergt. George 
King, see No. 6, (2). 

(2) Son of Marquis Fayette and Frances Olivia (Plais- 
ted) King, grandson of Col. Samuel Hall and Eliza 
(Shaw) King, great-grandson of Capt. Samuel and Sally 
(Hall) King, great -great-grandson of Sergt. George and 
Betty (Shaw) King, great-great-great-grandson of Lieut. 
Benjamin and Abiah (Leonard) King. For services of 
Lieut. Benjamin King, see No. 6, (i). 

(3) Son of Marquis Fayette and Frances Olivia (Plais- 
ted) King, grandson of Col. Samuel Hall and Eliza 
(Shaw) King, great-grandson of Gilbert and Silence 
(Cole) Shaw, great-great-grandson of Eleazer Cole. For 
services of Eleazer Cole, see No. 6, (3). 

(4) Son of Marquis Fayette and Frances Olivia (Plais- 
ted) King, grandson of Col. Samuel Hall and Eliza 
(Shaw) King, great-grandson of Gilbert and Silence 
(Cole) Shaw, great-great-grandson of Abner and Abigail 
(Eaton) Shaw. For services of Abner Shaw, see No. 6, 
(4). 

(5) Son of Marquis Fayette and Frances Olivia (Plais- 
ted) King, grandson of Samuel Pomeroy and Sabrina 
(Perkins) Plaisted, great-grandson of Benjamin Garland 



56 SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. 

and Frances (Gushing) Plaisted, great-great-grandson of 
Richard and Abigail (Garland) Perkins. For services 
of Richard Perkins, see No. 26, (i). 

(6) Son of Marquis Fayette and Frances Olivia (Plais- 
ted) King, grandson of Samuel Pomeroy and Sabrina 
(Perkins) Plaisted, great-grandson of Benjamin Garland 
and Frances (Gushing) Perkins, great-great-grandson of 
Ezekiel and Frances (McGobb) Gushing. For services 
of Ezekiel Gushing, see No. 26, (2). 

(7) Son of Marquis Fayette and Frances Olivia (Plais- 
ted) King, grandson of Samuel Pomeroy and Sabrina 
(Perkins) Plaisted, great-grandson of Benjamin Garland 
and Frances (Gushing) Perkins, great-great-grandson of 
Ezekiel and Frances (McGobb) Gushing, great-great- 
great-grandson of Loring and Mary (Parker) Gushing. 
For services of Loring Gushing, see No. 26, (3). 

(8 ) Son of Marquis Fayette and Frances Olivia (Plais- 
ted) King, grandson of Samuel Pomeroy and Sabrina 
(Perkins) Plaisted, great-grandson of Samuel and Susan 
(Hight) Plaisted, great-great-grandson of Samuel and 
Elizabeth (Hart) Plaisted, great-great-great-grandson of 
Samuel and Elizabeth (Lambert) Hart. For Samuel 
Hart's services, see No. 26, (4). 

(9) Son of Marquis Fayette and Frances Olivia (Plais- 
ted) grandson of Samuel Pomeroy and Sabrina (Perkins) 
Plaisted, great-grandson of Samuel and Susan (Hight) 
Plaisted, great-great-grandson of James and Dorcas 
(Mills) Hight. For James Hight's services, see No. 26, 
(5)- 
108. Frederick Neal Dow, Portland, Me. 

Son of Neal and Maria Gornelia Durant (Maynard) Dow, 
grandson of John and Mary (Durant) Maynard, great- 



THE MAINE SOCIETY. 57 

grandson of William, and Mary (Pepper) Maynard. 
William Maynard was Sergeant in a Framingham Co. 
of " Minute men " at Lexington and Concord, April 19, 
1775, and was commissioned Lieutenant in Capt. 
Drury's Co., Col. Gardiner's Regt., May, 1775, and was 
wounded in the hip at the battle of Bunker Hill. June 
1779, he was transferred as Captain to the Invalid Regt. 

109. Edmund Pratt Soule, Freeport, Me. 

Son of Joshua and Rachel (Pratt) Soule, grandson of 
James and Martha (Curtis) Soule. For James Soule's 
services, see No. 106. 

no. Parker McCobb Reed, Bath, Me. 

Son of Andrew and Beatrice (McCobb) Reed, grand- 
son of Samuel and Rachel (Denny) McCobb. Samuel 
McCobb was a member of the Provincial Congress also 
of the Committee of Safety and Correspondence many 
years ; commanded a company enlisted at Georgetown, 
June, 1775 ; marched to Cambridge and was in the battle 
of Bunker Hill ; joined Arnold's Expedition to Canada ; 
after his return, was made Colonel of Militia, in Lincoln 
Co.; went with his regiment to Cambridge in 1776; 
ordered to Rhode Island; at the close of term of enlist- 
ment the regiment was disbanded ; commanded his 
regiment at the Bagaduce Expedition ; and after abduc- 
tion of Gen. Wadsworth, was appointed Brigadier Gen- 
eral, in command of the Eastern division of Maine. 

III. Archie Lee Talbot, Lewiston, Me. 

(i) Son of Charles Johnson and Delphinia Shaw 
(Robbins) Talbot, grandson of Asa Jr., and Hannah 
(Shaw) Robbins, great-grandson of Abraham and Han- 
nah (Miller) Shaw. Abraham Shaw was a private in 
the Second Minute company of Middleborough, Mass., 



58 SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. 

and at the Lexington Alarm, April 19, 1775, he marched 
with his company to Marshfield. He was in the battle 
of Bunker Hill, in Capt. Isaac Wood's Co., Col. Theophi- 
lus Cotton's Regt. He was Sergeant in Capt. Amos 
Washburn's Co., Col. Ebenezer Sprout's Regt., from Mid- 
dleborough, in muster of Dec. 8, 1777, caused by ene- 
mies' invasion of Rhode Island ; Sergeant in the same 
company and regiment at the alarm at Dartmouth, Mass., 
Sept. 1778; also Sergeant in Capt. Amos Washburn's 
Co., Col. Ebenezer White's Regt. of Militia that went to 
the defense of Rhode Island, on the alarm by order of 
the council, July 22, 1780. He was Captain of the 
Seventh Company (Middleborough and adjoining 
towns), from July 1,1781 to 1787. 

(2). Son of Charles Johnson and Delphinia Shaw 
(Robbins) Talbot, grandson of Asa Jr., and Hannah 
(Shaw) Robbins, great-grandson of Asa and Olive 
(Clark) Robbins. Asa Robbins enlisted July, 1776 for 
five months in the Massachusetts Regiment commanded 
by Col. Brewer, Capt. Samuel Cowan's Co. ; a private 
in the Independent Co., of Medway (drafted from 4th 
Regiment of Militia and served twenty-two days in Dec. 
1776, at Warwick R. I.), under command of Capt. Joseph 
Lowell ; a private in Col. Benj. Hawes' Regt., Capt. 
Oliver Clap's Co., expedition to Rhode Island from 
Sept. 22, to Oct. 28, 1777 ; a private in Col. Benj. Hawes' 
Regt., Capt. Oliver Clap's Co., of Walpole, April 20, 
177S ; drafted to replenish the Continental army for nine 
months from arrival in compliance with resolve of the 
General Court, passed April 20, 1778; arrived at Fish- 
kill, N. Y., June 14, 1778, and served in the Massachu- 
setts Regiment commanded by Col. Brewer, in Capt. 
Brewer's Co., in the Continental line. 

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Talbot seventeen years of age, both of North Yarmouth 
(now of Freeport, Me.), soldiers of the Revolution, 
were older brothers of Asa Talbot, great-grandfather 
of Archie Lee Talbot. 

112. Henry Freeman Rice, Gray, Me. 

Brother of John Olin Rice. See No. 86. 

113. Frank Haskell, Westbrook, Me. 

Son of James and Mary (Poole) Haskell, grandson of 
Josiah and Rachel Barber (Tarr) Haskell, great-grand- 
son of Daniel Barber and Rachel (Davis) Tarr. Daniel 
Barber Tarr was Orderly Sergt. in Capt. Rowe's Co., 
6th Mass. Regt., at the battle of Bunker Hill, and was 
afterward a Lieutenant. 

114. Edwin James Haskell, Westbrook, Me. 

Brother of Frank Haskell. See No. 113. 

115. Isaac Franklin Quinby, Westbrook, Me. 

Son of Joseph and Eliza (Bailey) Quinby, grandson 
of Joseph and Azubah (Partridge) Quinby. Joseph 
Quinby was a private in Capt. Jeremiah Hill's Co., Col. 
Vose's Regt. He served a year and a half. 

116. Joshua Osgood Cook, Portland, Me. 

(i) Son of George Henry and Selina A. (Aiken) 
Cook, grandson of Charles and Elizabeth ( Burbeck) 
Cook, great-grandson of Capt. Edward and Jane (Milk) 
Burbeck, great-great-grandson of Col. William and Abi- 
gail (Shute) Burbeck. William Burbeck was commis- 
sioned Lieutenant Colonel of Col. Richard Gridley's 
Artillery Regt., June 21, 1775. Soon after he was ap- 
pointed Colonel, but declined and strongly recommended 
Henry Knox who was appointed. He remained connec- 



60 SOXS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. 

ted with the army until 1776. cind then returned to the 
ordnance department of Massachusetts in which he had 
done ser\-ice before the war. In 17S3 he was appointed 
to the command of Castle William. 

{2) Son of George Henry and Selina A. (^Aiken) 
Cook, grandson of Charles and Elizabeth (Burbeck) 
Cook, great-grandson of Capt. Edward and Jane (Milk) 
Burbeck. Edward Burbeck was Captain in the Gridley- 
Knox Regt., of Artiller}- from May 1775 till the close 
of 1776. 

117. Isaac Fowle Clark, Deering. Me. 

{1) Son of Isaac Fowle and Louisa A. C. ^Marston) 
Clark, grandson of Seth and Xabby t^Tukey) Clark, 
great-grandson of Ezra Jr., and Sarah (Howe") Clark, 
great-great-grandson of Col. Samuel and Hannah (Smith) 
Howe. See Xo. 25. t^i), for the services of Col. Samuel 
Howe. 

(2) Son of Isaac Fowle and Louisa A. C. (Marston) 
Clark, grandson of Seth and Xabby (Tukey) Clark, 
great-grandson of Stephen and Hannah (Cushing) 
Tukev. See X'o. :;5. 1,2), for the services of Stephen 
Tukey. 

(3) Son of Isaac Fowle and Louisa A. C. v Marston) 
Clark, grandson of Seth and Xabby (Tukey) Clark, 
great-grandson of Ezra Jr.. and Sarah (Howe) Clark, 
great-great-grandson of Ezra and Martha (Phelps) Clark 
See Xo. 25, (^4). for the services of Ezra Clark 

(4^ Son of Isaac Fowle and Louisa A. C. (^Marston) 
Clark grandson of Seth and X''abby (Tukey) Clark, 
great-grandson of Ezra Jr., and Sarah (Howe) Clark. 
See No. 25. (5), for the services of Ezra Clark Jr. 



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ii8. Henry Moses Russell, Portland, Me. 

Son of Moses and Nancy (Hoyt) Russell, grandson 
of James and Joanna (True) Russell, great-grandson of 
William and Susan (Brown) True. William True was a 
private in Capt. John Gray's Co., Col. Jonathan Mitchell's 
Regt., inthe Penobscot Expediiion, July 7, 1779; also 
served as Corporal in Capt. Isaac Parson's Co., in a 
battalion commanded by Maj. Philip Ulmer, at Thomas- 
ton, July to Dec. 1780. He was a pensioner. 

119- Joseph Alvah Locke, p„,tl,^^^^ ^,j^_ 

Son of Stephen and Lucinda (Clark) Locke, grandson 
of Charles and Elizabeth (Patterson) Clark, great-grand- 
son of Abraham and Sarah (Sawyer) Patterson. Abraham 
Patterson was in Capt. John Elden's Co., which assisted 
in fortifying Dorchester Heights, on the night of March 
4, 1776 ; also a member of Capt. Nathaniel Cousin's Co., 
in the Penobscot Expedition. 

120. Ira Stephen Locke, Deering, Me. 

Brother of Joseph Alvah Locke, No. 119. 

121. Nathaniel Willis Staples, Portland, Me. 

Son of Hiram and Cordelia (Jordan) Staples, grand- 
son of William and Emily (Stanford) Jordan, great- 
grandson of William and Catharine (Mitchell) Stanford, 
great-great-grandson of John and Elizabeth (McCaffery) 
Stanford. John Stanford enlisted about Jan. i, 1777, at 
Cape Elizabeth, for "during the war, " and served in the 
13th Regiment, Col. Joseph Reed. He was a pensioner. 
122. Benjamin Nourse Goodale, Saco Me. 

Son of Stephen Lincoln and Prudence Aiken (Nourse) 
Goodale, grandson of Enoch and Lucy (Lincoln) Good- 
ale, great-grandson of Stephen and Lydia (Foster) Lin- 



62 SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. 

coin, great-great-grandson of Ebenezer ]r., and Hannah 
(Parlin) Foster. Ebenezer Foster Jr., served three 
months in the Continental army, as a guard over British 
prisoners at Rutland, Mass., in 1779. 

123. Vaknum Richardson Foss, Portland, Me. 

(i) Son of Thomas Clarkson and Elizabeth Loring 
(Cobb) Foss, grandson of Ebenezer and Isabella Par- 
sons (Millett) Cobb, great-grandson of Zebulon Millett, 
great-great-grandson of Thomas Millett. Thomas Mil- 
lett served in Capt. Daniel Strout's Co., Col. Enoch 
Freeman's Regt.. at Falmouth, in November 1775. -^^ 
served eight months under command of Capt. Bradbury 
Sanders. He served in the Penobscot Expedition in 
Capt. Nathan Merrill's Co.. under Col. Jonathan Mitch- 
ell; also shipped April 1777, on board the Continental 
ship Hancock, Capt. Manly, and was captured by the 
British. He was exchanged Sept. 177S. and enlisted 
July S, 1779; discharged at Falmouth Sept. 25. 1779- 
He was a pensioner. 

(2) Son of Thomas Clarkson and Elizabeth Loring 
(Cobb) Foss, grandson of Walter and Dorcas (Morrison) 
Foss, great-gxandson of Uriah and Sally (^Goodrich) Foss, 
great-great-grandson of Levi Foss, who served in Capt. 
Jeremiah Hill's Co., Col. Edmund Phinney's Battalion, as 
a Corporal, from x-\ug. i, 1776, to Dec. S, 1776 ; also in 
Capt. Hancock's Co., as a Corporal. Col. Vose's Regt. 
from Jan. 10, 1777 to Jan. i. 177S. 

124. ALvRK Ferxald Wentworth, Kitter}', ]Me. 

Son of John and Betsey (Fernald) Wentworth, grandson 
of Andrew P. and Sarah. (^ Weeks) Wentworth, great- 
grandson of John and Hannah (Fernald) Wentworth. 
John Wentworth commanded a company in Col. Aaron 



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Willard's Regt., at Fort Edward, N. Y., in 1776; also 
commanded a company in Col. Peter Noyes' Regt., at 
Cape Elizabeth, also a company of guards at Cambridge 
in Col. Gerrish's Regt., guarding troops captured with 
Gen, Burgoyne. 

125. Charles Frederic Morse, Portland, Me. 

Son of Charles Augustus Bachelder and Mary Merri- 
man (Chase) Morse, grandson of Daniel and Mary 
(Chase) Morse, great-grandson of Rev. Joshua and 
and Mary (Stocker) Chase, great-great-grandson of Mar- 
shall and Annie (Newell) Stocker. Marshall Stocker 
• was a private in a Company of " Minute Men " com- 
manded by Capt. Mathias Hoit, from Amesbury, Mass., 
on April 19, 1775; also in Capt. Jonathan Evan's Co., 
Col. Nathan Wade's Regt., at North Kingston, R. I., 
from July i, 1778 to Jan. i, 1779 ; also in Capt. Jeremiah 
Putnam's Co., Col. Nathan Taylor's Regt., from July 20, 
1779 to Jan. I, 1780; also served six months in the 
Continental army in 1780. 

126. Seth Chase Gordon, Portland, Me. 

(i) Son of Stephen and Lydia B. (Chase) Gordon, 

grandson of Thomas and Chase, great-grandson of 

Josiah and Mehitable (Frye) Chase, great-great-grand- 
son of Joseph Frye, who was appointed Major General 
June 21, 1775, by the Provincial Congress. Elected 
Brigadier General, by Congress, Jan. 10, 1776. 

(2) Son of Stephen and Lydia B. (Chase) Gordon, 

grandson of Thomas and Chase, great-grandson of 

Josiah and Mehitable (Frye) Chase. Josiah Chase served 
as Surgeon's Mate of Col. John Starks' Regt., New 
Hampshire Line, from May 23, to Dec. 1775 ; Surgeon's 
Mate, 5th Continental Infantry, Jan. i, 1776, to Dec. 31 



64 SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. 

1776 ; served subsequently as Surgeon in the New 
Hampshire Militia. 

127. George Milton Howe, Lewiston, Me. 

(i) Son of Daniel Milton and Harriot (Woodbury) 
Howe, grandson of Daniel and Marj- (Burge) Howe, 
gTeat-grandson of Daniel and Eunice ( Chase) Howe. 
Daniel Howe was a private in the Massachusetts Troops 
at Fort Ticonderoga. He served from June i, to Sept. 
30, 1776. He died of camp fever, at Fort Ticonderoga 
in 1 7 70, probably Sept. ^o. 

(2) Son of Daniel Milton and Harriot (Woodbury) 
Howe, grandson of Daniel and Mary (Burge) Howe, 
great-grandson of Daniel and Eunice (Chase) Howe, 
great-great-grandson of Capt. Nathan and Hepzibah 
(Taylor) Howe. Nathan Howe was a Lieutenant and 
commanded his company in Col. Job Cushing's Regt., 
at the construction of the fortifications at Dorchester 
Heights in 1776. 

12S. Charles Cobb Harmon, Portland, Me. 

(i) Son of Zebulon King and Harriet A. (Davis) 

Harmon, grandson of Daniel and Mary (True) Harmon, 

great-grandson of Daniel and Sarah (York) Harmon. 

For the services of Daniel Harmon, see No. 49. (2). 

(2) Son of Zebulon King and Harriet A. (Davis) 
Harmon, grandson of Daniel and Mary (True) Harmon, 
sjeat-grrandson of William True. For the services of Wil- 
liam True, see No. 49, (i.) 

129. Lerov Harmon Tobie, Portland, Me. 

Son of Edward P. and Jane E. (Harmon) Tobie, 
grandson of John and (Riggs) Harmon, great-grand- 
son of Daniel and Sarah (York) Harmon. For the ser- 
vices of Daniel Harmon, see No. 49, (2). 



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130. Merriciv Sawyer, South Thomaston, Me. 

Son of Jacob and Esther (Hebbard) Sawyer. Jacob 
Sawyer was a private in Capt. Daniel Strout's Co., 
stationed at Cape EHzabeth and Scarborough from July 
19, 1775, five months and twenty-five days; also in Capt. 
William Crocker's Co., at Falmouth, March i, to Nov. 
23, 1776, eight months and twenty-three days; also in 
Capt. Joshua Jordan's Co., Col. Jonathan Mitchell's 
Regt., in the Penobscot Expedition from July 7, to Sept. 
25? 1779- His widow was pensioned. 

131. James Hebbard Sawyer, Hernion, Me. 

Brother of Merrick Sawyer. See No. 130. 

132. David Blethen Sawyer, Lewiston, Me. 

Brother of Merrick Sawyer. See No. 130. 

133. William Henry True, Portland, Me, 

Son of Solomon and Mary N. (Morse) True, grand- 
son of Joseph and Mary (Purington) Morse. Joseph 
Morse served as Corporal, in Capt. Nathan Watkins' 
Co., in Col. Edmund Phinney's Regt., for one year 
from April 15, 1776; also served as Corporal in Capt. 
J. Holden's Co., Col. Nixon's Regt., from Feb. 28, 1777, 
thirty-four months and three days. He was wounded at 
Saratoga and lost a leg. 

134. William Henry True Jr., Portland, Me. 

Son of William Henry True. See No. 133. 

135. Abiel Carter, Portland, Me. 

(i) Son of Jacob and Caroline Ramsdell (Stocking) 
Carter, grandson of Jacob and Sarah (Eastman) Carter, 
great-grandson of Moses and Elizabeth (Kimball) East- 
man. Moses Eastman was Sergt. in Capt. Baldwin's 

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66 SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. 

Co., Col. Stark's Regt. ; 2d Lieut, in Capt. Benjamin 
Emery's Co., N. H. Militia, and as a private in Capt. 
Joshua Abbott's Co., Lt. Col. Henry Gerrish's Regt., in 
the Northern Continental army. 

(2) Son of Jacob and Caroline Ramsdell (Stocking) 
Carter, grandson of Jacob and Sarah (Eastman) Carter. 
Jacob Carter served as drummer in Capt. Joshua 
Abbott's Co., Col. John Stark's Regt., from April 24, 
1775, eight months; also in Capt. Benjamin Emery's 
Co., Col. Nahum Baldwin's Regt., in 1776; also served 
as a drummer in Capt. Joshua Abbott's Co., Lt. Col. 
Henry Gerrish's Regt., at Saratoga. 

136. John William Dodge Carter, Portland, Me. 

Brother of Abiel Carter. See No. 135. 

137- John Gushing Merrill, Portland, Me- 

Son of Jonathan C and Sarah (Joy) Merrill, grandson 
of Roger and Dorothy (Gushing) Merrill. Roger Mer- 
rill served as a private in Capt. John Pearson's Co., 
Lieut. Col. Putnam's Regt., from Sept. 2, to Dec. 8, 1781. 

138. Albion Keith, Portland, Me. 

Son of Freedom and Sarah (Chandler) Keith, grand- 
son of Isaac and Betsey (Keith) Keith. Isaac Keith 
enlisted for the war as a private soldier in the 8th Mass. 
Regt. 

139. Frank. Willard Palmer, Portland, Me. 

Son of John Emery and Ann Irene (McDaniel) Pal- 
mer, grandson of Benjamin and Nancy (Fogg) McDan- 
iel, great-grandson of Samuel and Ruth (Lane) Fogg. 
Samuel Fogg was a private soldier in Capt. Mark Wig- 
gin's Co., Col. Long's Regt.; and enlisted Sept. 30, 1775. 
Nov. 22, 1775, he was mustered at Portsmouth, N. H., 



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as a soldier in Capt. Stephen Clark's Co., New Hamp- 
shire Line. July 21, 1777, he was in Capt. Stephen Dear- 
born's Co., Col. Thomas Stickney's Regt., which joined 
Gen. Stark's Northern Continental army. April i, 1778, 
he enlisted in Capt. Ezekiel Worthen's Co., Col. Stephen 
Peabody's Regt., and served in Rhode Island until Dec. 
30, 1778. 

140. Fred Howard Palmer, Portland, Me. 

Brother of Frank Willard Palmer, see No. 139. 

141. Frank Mayhew Talbot, Tacoma, Washington. 

(i) Son of John Coffin and Clara Antoinette (Wass) 
Talbot, grandson of John Coffin and Mary ( Foster ) Tal- 
bot, great-grandson of John and Phebe (Burr) Foster, 
great-great-grandson of Benjamin Foster. For Benja- 
min Foster's services, see No. 9. 

(2) Son of John Coffin and Clara Antoinette (Wass) 
Talbot, grandson of John Coffin and Mary (Foster) Tal- 
bot, great-grandson of Peter and Lucy (Hammond) Tal- 
bot, great-great-grandson of Peter and Abigail (Wheeler) 
Talbot. For services of Peter Talbot, see No. 81, (i). 

142. George Francis Thurston, Portland, Me. 

Son of Brown and Harriet (Chapman) Thurston. 
See No. 42. 

143. Frederic Brunel, Portland, Me. 

(i) Son of Alphonso and Lydia (Gorton) Brunei, 
grandson of Daniel and Lydia (Peirce) Gorton, great- 
grandson of Aaron and Hannah (Greenwood) Peirce, 
great-great-grandson of James and Lydia ( King) Green- 
wood, great-great-great-grandson of Daniel and Sarah 
(Adams) Greenwood. Daniel Greenwood was a mem- 
ber of committee to propose measures in opposition to 



68 SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. 

the Stamp Act and other grievances ; also a member of 
committee to pay the soldiers of the Continental army. 

(2) Son of Alphonso and Lydia (Gorton) Brunei, 
grandson of Daniel and Lydia (Peirce) Gorton, great- 
grandson of Aaron and Hannah (Greenwood) Peirce, 
great-great-grandson of Dea. Ebenezer and Mary (Stowe) 
Peirce. Dea. Ebenezer Peirce was a member of the 
committee to consider grievances imposed by British 
Parliament ; a member of the Committee of Safety and 
Correspondence ; a member of the committee to pay 
soldiers of the Continental army ; and a member of the 
Committee on Articles of Confederation. 

(3) Son of Alphonso and Lydia (Gorton) Brunei, 
grandson of Daniel and Lydia (Peirce) Gorton, great- 
grandson of Aaron and Hannah (Greenwood) Peirce, 
great-great-grandson of James and Lydia (King) Green- 
wood, great-great-great-grandson of Capt. Henry and 
Abigail (Greene) King. Capt. Henry King was a repre- 
sentative to the General Court and a delegate to the 
Provincial Congress. His son served in the Continen- 
tal army. 

(4) Son of Alphonso and Lydia (Gorton) Brunei, 
grandson of Daniel and Lydia (Peirce) Gorton, great- 
grandson of Aaron and Hannah (Greenwood) Peirce, 
great-great-grandson of Capt. James and Lydia (King) 
Greenwood. Capt. James Greenwood was a member of 
the committee to care for families of Continental sol- 
diers ; a member of the Committee of Correspondence 
Inspection and Safety; also a member of the committee 
to raise troops for the Continental army. 

144. Elias Francis Goff, , Portland, Me. 
Son of Barzillai and Lydia (Humphrey) Goff, grand- 
son of William and (Muchniore) Goff, great-grand- 



THE MAINE SOCIETY. 69 

son of William and Anna (Morse) Goff. William Goff 
participated in the battle of Bunker Hill, using a musket 
which he used at Quebec, in the British service, in Sept. 
1759, He subsequently enlisted for three years, and 
was killed Oct. 4, 1777, while serving in Capt. Hancock's 
Co., of Col. Vose's Regt. 

145. Algernon Martin Roak, Auburn, Me. 

(i) Son of William D. and Ann S. (Wagg) Roak, 
grandson of William and Mercy (Davis) Roak, great- 
grandson of Martin and Elizabeth (Lawrence) Rourke. 
Martin Rourke enlisted early in the Revolutionary war 
and served as a private and a Sergeant. His widow 
received a pension for his services. 

(2) Son of William D. and Ann S. (Wagg) Roak, 
grandson of William and Elizabeth (Miller) Wagg, great- 
grandson of James and Rhoda (Gould) Wagg. James 
Wagg served as a private in Capt. Hart Williams' Co., 
Col. Edmund Phinney's Regt., enlisting Jan. i, 1776. 

146. Harry Morris Gardner, East Machias, Me. 

Son of Cyrus S. and Abigail S. (Harmon) Gardner, 
grandson of Ebenezer and Sally ( Albee) Gardner, great- 
grandson of William and Ellen ( Dillaway) Albee. Wil- 
liam Albee was Third Lieutenant in a company of Artil- 
lery commanded by Capt. John Preble and connected 
with Col. John Allen's Regt., and served at Machias from 
May 18, 1777, to May i, 1781, and possibly to July 11, 
1783, when Col. Allen was mustered out. 

147. Frederick Bradford Sands, Lewiston, Me. 

(i) Son of James and Caroline (Bradford) Sands, 
grandson of William and Eunice (Clark) Bradford, great- 
grandson of William and Hannah (Parker) Bradford, 



"JO SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. 

great-great-grandson of Samuel and Grace (Ring) Brad- 
ford. Samuel Bradford of Duxbury, Mass., was Capt. 
of the Duxbury company of militia, in Col. Warren's 
Regt., at the Lexington Alarm, April 19, 1775. He also 
commanded a company in Col. Cotton's Regt., at the 
battle of Bunker Hill, and served until Oct. 7, 1775. He 
was also in the battle of Trenton and Princeton, and re- 
turning home on account of impaired health, he died 
Feb. 17, 1777. 

(2) Son of James and Caroline (Bradford) Sands, 
grandson of William and Eunice (Clark) Bradford, great- 
grandson of William and Hannah ( Parker) Bradford. 
William Bradford, born Nov. 25, 1775, served in his 
father's company. 

148. Edwin Martin Foster, Oakland, Me. 

Son of Martin Andrew and H. Posilla (Marrow) Fos- 
ter, grandson of Oliver and Lydia (Perkins) Foster, 
great-grandson of Stewart and Jerusha (Wadsworth) 
Foster. Stewart Foster was in Oliver Colburn's Co., Col. 
Arnold's Regt., enlisting July 25, 1775. He was taken 
prisoner and confined on an English prison ship, but 
escaped. 

149. Edward Shirley Erving McLellan, Portland, Me. 

(i) Son of Jacob and Mary Jane (Ilsley) McLellan, 
grandson of William and Anna Choate (Burnham) 
McLellan, great-grandson of Capt. William McLellan. 
Capt. William McLellan was one of the Committee of 
Correspondence and Inspection at Falmouth in 1775, 
and Captain of the transport-sloop Centurion, that car- 
ried Capt. Peter Warren's Falmouth Company to the 
Penobscot River, in the Bagaduce Expedition in 1779. 
His brother, Joseph McLellan, was also one of the Com- 
mittee in 1775, and was the Commissary of Supplies in 



THE MAINE SOCIETY. 



71 



the Bagaduce Expedition. His son, Hugh McLellan, 
was a corporal in Capt. Peter Warren's Company. 

(2) Son of Jacob and Mary Jane (Ilsley) McLellan, 
grandson of Henry and Elizabeth R. (McLellan) Ilsley; 
great-grandson of Daniel and Mary (Jones) Ilsley. 
Daniel Ilsley was a member of the Committee of Cor- 
respondence and Inspection at Falmouth in 1775, He 
was in command at Falmouth in 1775 ; also served 
as Major under Col. Jonathan Mitchell and Gen. Frye, 
and was mustering officer until at least 1780. He was a 
delegate to the Convention of Massachusetts that adopt- 
ed the national Constitution ; a representative to the 
General Court in 1793 and 1794: and in 1806 was 
chosen a representative to Congress from the District of 
Maine. His father, Isaac Ilsley, was in the Louisburg 
Expedition. 

[50. Charles Freeman Libby. Portland Me. 

(i) Son of James Brackett and Hannah Catharine 
(Morrell) Libby, grandson of Moses and Mary (Wise) 
Morrell, great-grandson of Daniel and Hannah (Hub- 
bard) Wise. Daniel Wise was a seaman on board sloop 
of war Ranger, Capt. John Paul Jones, during Capt 
Jones' celebrated cruise in the British Channel. When 
Capt. Jones was transferred to the Bon Homme Richard. 
Daniel Wise remained in the Ranger, now commanded 
by Capt. Elijah Hull, of Portsmouth. He served also 
on a privateer, and received a pension for his services. 

(2) Son of James Brackett and Hannah Catharine 
(Morrell) Libby, grandson of Moses and Mary (Wise) 
Morrell, great-grandson of Daniel and Hannah (Hub- 
bard) Wise, great-great-grandson of James Hubbard. 
Capt. James Hubbard was chosen a member of the Com- 
mittee of Correspondence at Wells, May 24, 1773 ; also 



72 SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. 

Mar. 21, 1774, he was appointed a member of a Com- 
mittee to consider " our relations with England." He 
commanded a Company raised in Kennebunk for eight 
months' service. The Company marched to Cambridge, 
and Capt. Hubbard died there while in command of his 
Company. 

151. LoRA Daniel Dennett, Saco. Me. 

Son of Daniel and Abigail (Gilpatric) Dennett, grand- 
son of Clement and Mar\- i Lea\-itt) Dennett, great- 
grandson of David and Dolly (Downing) Dennett. 
David Dennett enlisted at Falmouth as a private sol- 
dier, Feb. I, 1776, in Capt. Hoopers Company, and 
served until his death, August 20, 1777. 

152. Frederick Julian Ilslev, Portland, Me. 

Son of Frederick and Charlotte A. (Gordon) Ilsley, 
grandson of Henry and Elizabeth R. (McLellan) Ilsley, 
great-grandson of Daniel and Mary (Jones) Ilsley. For 
the services of Daniel Ilsley, see No. 149 (2 ). 

153. William Goodwin Davis, Portland, Me. 

Son of William and Marj- (Waterhouse) Da\-is, grand- 
son of Nicholas Da\'is. Nicholas Davis enlisted as a 
private in Capt. Jeremiah Hills' Co., Col. Edmund Phin- 
ney's Regt., Massachusetts Bay Forces, Jan. i, 1776, and 
re-enlisted Dec. i, 1776. He received a pension nnder 
the act of iSiS. 

154. Joshua Davis, Portland, Me. 

Brother of William Goodwin Davis. See 153. 

155. John Haskell Fogg, Portland. Me. 

Son of Daniel and Joanna (Files) Fogg, grandson of 
Moses and Hannah i^Libby) Fogg. Moses Fogg served 



THE MAINE SOCIETY. 73 

as a Lieutenant in Capt. Benjamin Larrabee's Company 
of Massachusetts Militia in Oct. 1776, employed in 
building a fort at Falmouth under the supervision of Col. 
Jonathan Mitchell ; and performed other services, for 
which his widow received a pension. 

156. Albert Staples Mitchell, Portland, Me. 

Son of John and Lydia (Mitchell) Mitchell, grand, 
son of Job and Sarah (Stanford) Mitchell. Job Mitchell 
served as a private in Capt. John Wentworth's Co., Col. 
Peter Noyes' Regt., eight months in 1777, a part of the 
time at Cape Elizabeth, and afterward in connection 
with the capture of Burgoyne. His widow received a 
pension. 

157. Charles Baker Mitchell, Portland, Me. 

Son of Albert Staples Mitchell. See No. 156. 



[Errors and desired changes in the Roll of Members should be reported 
to the Secretary.] 



SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. 
OFFICERS OF THE NATIONAL SOCIETY: 

PRESIDENT GENERAL. 
General Horace Porter, 15 Broad Street, New York City. 

VICE-PRESIDENTS GENERAL. 

Hon. Chauncey M. Depew, ll.d., New York City. 

Hon. Henry M. Shepard, Chicago, 111. 

Gen. J. C. Breckinridge, U. S. A., Washington City. 

Hon. Henry C. Robinson, Hartford, Conn. 

Col. Thomas M. Anderson, U. S. A., Oregon. 

SECRETARY GENERAL. 

Franklin Murphy, Newark, N. J. 

TREASURER GENERAL. 
C. W. Haskins, 2 Nassau Street, New York City. 

REGISTRAR GENERAL. 
A. Howard Clark, Smithsonian Institution, Washington City. 

HISTORIAN GENERAL. 
Henry Hall, New York City. 

CHAPLAIN GENERAL. 
Rt. Rev. Chas. Edw. Cheney, d.d., Chicago, 111. 



CONSTITUTION. 



(As amended at the Congress of the National Society, at Chicago, June 
16,1893.) 

ARTICLE I. 

NAME. 

The name of this Society shall be " The Sons of the 
American Revolution." 



ARTICLE IL 

OBJECTS. 

The objects of this Society shall be to perpetuate the 
memory of the men, who, by their services or sacrifices 
during the war of the American Revolution, achieved the 
Independence of tlie American people; to unite and pro- 
mote fellowship among their descendants ; to inspire them 
and the community at large with a more profound reverence 
for the principles of the government founded by our fore- 
fathers ; to encourage historical research in relation to the 
American Revolution ; to acquire and preserve the records 
of the individual services of the patriots of the war, as 
well as documents, relics and landmarks ; to mark the 
scenes of the Revolution by appropriate memorials ; to 
celebrate the anniversaries of the prominent events of the 
war ; to foster true patriotism ; to maintain and extend the 
institutions of American freedom ; and to carry out the 
purposes expressed in the Preamble to the Constitution of 
our Country and the injunctions of Washington in his fare- 
well address to the American people. 



yS SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. 

ARTICLE III. 

MEMBERSHIP. 

Section i. — Any man shall be eligible to membership in 
this Society, who, being of the age of twenty-one years or 
over, and a citizen of good repute in the community, is 
the lineal descendant of an ancestor, who was at all times 
unfailing in his loyalty to and rendered actual service in 
the cause of American Independence, either as an officer, 
soldier, seaman, marine, militiaman or minute man, in the 
armed forces of the Continental Congress or of any one 
of the several Colonies or States ; or as a Signer of the 
Declaration of Independence ; or as a member of a Com- 
mittee of Safety or Correspondence ; or as a member of 
any Continental, Provincial or Colonial Congress or Legis- 
lature ; or as a civil officer, either of one of the Colonies or 
States or of the National Government ; or as a recognized 
patriot who performed actual service by overt acts of 
resistance to the authority of Great Britain. 

Sec. 2. — Applications for membership shall be made to 
any State Society, in duplicate, upon blank forms pre- 
scribed by the General Board of Managers, and shall in 
each case set forth the name, occupation and residence of 
the applicant, his line of descent, and the name, residence 
and services of his ancestor or ancestors in the Revolution, 
from whom he derives eligibility. The applicant shall 
make oath that the statements of his application are true, 
to the best of his knowledge and belief. Upon the ap- 
proval of an application by the State Society, to which it is 
made, one copy shall be transmitted to the Registrar Gen- 
eral of the National Society, who shall examine further the 
eligibility of the applicant. If satisfied that the member 



THE MAINE SOCIETY. 79 

is not eligible, he shall return the application for correc- 
tion. No election of a new member shall be valid, unless 
his eligibility shall be approved by the Registrar General. 

Sec. 3. — A State Society may provide for life member- 
ships by the payment into its treasury of a sum, in com- 
mutation of actual dues, not less than fifty dollars. 

Sec. 4. — The official designation of the members of 
the Society of the Sons of the American Revolution shall 
be " Compatriots." 

ARTICLE IV. 

NATIONAL AND STATE SOCIETIES. 

Section i. — The National Society shall embrace all the 
members of the State Societies of the Sons of the Amer- 
ican Revolution, now existing or which may hereafter be 
established under this Constitution. 

Sec. 2. — Whenever in any State or Territory, in which 
a State Society does not exist, or in which a State Society 
has become inactive or failed for two years to pay its 
annual dues to the National Society, fifteen or more per- 
sons duly qualified for membership in this Society may 
associate themselves as a State Society of the Sons of the 
American Revolution, and organize in accordance with this 
Constitution, they may be admitted by the General Board 

of Managers to the National Society as "The Society 

of the Sons of the American Revolution," and shall there- 
after have exclusive local jurisdiction in the State or Terri- 
tory or in the district in which they are organized, subject 
to the provisions of this Constitution ; but this provision 
shall not be construed, so as to exclude the admission of 
members livins: in other States. 



80 SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. 

Sec. 3. — Each State Society shall judge of the qualifi- 
cations of its members and of those proposed for member- 
ship, subject to the provisions of this Constitution, and 
shall regulate all matters pertaining" to its own affairs. It 
shall have authority to establish local chapters witliin its 
own jurisdiction and to endow the chapters with such 
power as it may deem proper, not inconsistent with this 
Constitution. It shall have authority, after due notice and 
impartial trial, to expel any member, who. by conduct 
unbecoming a gentleman, shall render himself unworthy 
to remain a member of the Society. 

Sec. 4. — Each State Society shall submit to the Annual 
Congress of the National Society a report, setting forth 
by name the additions, transfers and deaths, and any other 
changes in the membership and progress of the State 
Society during the preceding year, and make such sugges- 
tions, as it shall deem proper, for the promotion of the 
objects of the whole order. 

Sec 5. — Whenever a member, in good standing in his 
Society, changes his residence from the jurisdiction of the 
State Society of which he is a member, to that of another, 
he shall be entitled, if he so elects, to a certificate of hon- 
orable demission from his own State Society, in order that 
he may be transferred to the State Society to whose juris- 
diction he has changed his residence ; provided, that his 
membership shall continue in the former until he shall 
have been elected a member of the latter. Each State 
Society shall, however, retain full control of the admission 
of members by transfer. 

Sec 6. — Wherever the word "State" occurs in this 
Constitution, it shall be held to include within its meaning 
the District of Columbia and the Territories of the United 
States. 



THE MAINE SOCIETY. 83 

2. The President and Senior Vice-President of each 
State Society. 

3. One delegate at large from each State Society. 

4. One delegate for every one hundred members of the 
Society within a State and for a fraction of fifty or over. 

ARTICLE VIII. 

AMENDMENTS. 

This Constitution may be altered or amended at any 
meeting of the Congress of the National Society, provided 
that sixty days' notice of the proposed alterations or 
amendments, which shall first have been recommended by 
a State Society, shall be sent by the Secretary General to 
the President of each State Society. A vote of two-thirds 
of those present shall be necessary to its adoption. 



THE MAINE SOCIETY, 8l 

ARTICLE V. 

OFFICERS AND MANAGERS. 

Section i. — The General Officers of the National So- 
ciety shall be a President General, five Vice-Presidents 
General, a Secretary General, Treasurer General, Registrar 
General, Historian General and Chaplain General, who 
shall be elected by ballot by a vote of the majority of the 
members present at the annual meeting of the Congress 
of the National Society and shall hold office for one year 
and until their successors shall be elected. 

Sec. 2. — The General Officers, together with the Presi- 
dents of the State Societies ex-officio, shall constitute the 
General Board of Managers of the National Society, which 
Board shall have authority to adopt and promulgate the 
By-laws of the National Society, to prescribe the duties of 
the General Officers, to provide the seal, to designate and 
make regulations for the issue of the insignia, and to trans- 
act the general business of the National Society during 
the intervals between the sessions of the Congress. Meet- 
ings of the General Board may be held, after not less than 
ten days' notice, at the call of the President General, or, in 
case of his absence or inability, at the call of the Senior 
Vice-President General, certified by the Secretary General. 
Meetings shall be called at the request of seven members. 
At all such meetings, seven shall constitute a quorum. 

Sec. 3. — An Executive Committee of seven, of whom 
the President General shall be the Chairman, may be 
elected by the Board of Managers, which Committee shall, 
in the interim between the meetings of the Board, transact 
such business as shall be delegated to it by the Board of 
Manaerers. 



82 SONS OF TllK AMERICAN KICVOLUTION. 

ARTICLE VI. 

DUES. 

Ivich State Society shall pay annually to the Treasurer 
General, to defray the exjienscs of the National Society, 
fifty cents for each active member thereof, unless inter- 
mitted by the National Congress. All such dues shall be 
paid on or before the first day of April in each year for the 
ensuing year, in order to secure representation in the Con- 
gress of the National Society. 



ARTICLE VII. 

MEETINGS AND ELECTIONS. 

Section i. — The annual Congress of the National 
Society for the election of the General Officers and for the 
transaction of business, shall he held on the 30th day ot 
AjM-Jl, or on the first day of May, in every year. The time, 
hour and place of such meeting shall be designated by the 
Board of Managers. 

Sec. 2 — Special meetings of the Congress may be 
called by the President General, and shall be called by him 
when directed so to do by the Board of Managers or 
whenever requested in writing so to do by at least five 
State Societies, on giving thirty days' notice specifying the 
time and [ilace of such meeting and the business to be 
transacted. 

Sec. 3. — The following shall be members of all such 
annual or special meetings of the Congress and shall be 
entitled to vote therein : 

I. All the officers and the e.x-Presidents General of the 
National Society. 



THE MAINE SOCIETY. 



Palmer, 
Palmer, 
Perkins, 
Pingree, 
Pingree, 
Pingree, 
Plaisted, 
Plaisted, 
Plaisted, 



Frank Willard 
Fred Howard 
John Warren 
Luther Farrar 
Frank R. A. 
Malcolm Cameron 
Appleton Heath 
James Washington 
Sheridan 



Quinby, Isaac Franklin 

Rand, George Doane 
Reed, Parker McCobb 
Rice, Henry Freeman 
Rice, John Olin 
Roak, Algernon Martin 
Robinson, Edward Hreck 
Robinson, Edward W. 
Russell, Henry Moses 

Sands, Frederick Bradford 
Sawyer, David Blethen 
Sawyer, James Hibbard 
Sawyer, Merrick 
Shaw, George Roscoe 
Sleeper, Frank Eugene 
Small, Alfred Thomas 
Small, Lauriston Ward 
Smith, Gideon Stinson 
Smith, William Henry 
Soule, Edmund Pratt 
Spalding, James Alfred 
Spear, David Dana 
Staples, Nathaniel Willis 
Stewart, John Conant 
Sturtevant, Walter Henry 

T'albot, Archie Lee 
Talbot, Francis Loring 
Talbot, Frank Mayhew 
Talbot, George Foster 
Talbot, John Coffin 
Taylor, Henry Robert 
Thompson, Joseph Porter 
Thorndike, John Brooks 
Thurston, Brown 
Thurston, George Francis 
Thurston, Samuel 
Tobie, Leroy Harmon 
Tower, Frederic Lincoln 
True, George Willard 
True, William Henry 
True, Wm. Henry jr. 

Vinton, Warren Howard 
Vose, Edward Faxon 



Portland 

Portland 

Portland 

Cape Elizabeth 

Boston, Mass. 

Portland 

Waterville 

Portland 

Waterville 

Westbrook 

Portland 

Bath 

Gray 

Portland 

Auburn 

Portland 

Portland 

Portland 

Lewiston 

Lewiston 

Hermon 

South Thomaston 

Portland 

Sabattus 

Yarmouthville 

Brooklyn, N. Y. 

Wayne 

Raymond Village 

Freeport 

Portland 

Freeport 

Portland 

York Corner 

Richmond 

Lewiston 

East Machias 

Tacoma, Wash. 

Portland 

P^ast Machias 

Machias 

Portland 

Portland 

Portland 

Portland 

Portland 

Portland 

Portland 

Portland 

Portland 

Portland 

Gray 
Portland 



87 

No. 
139 
140 

23 
24 

39 
44 

87 

"5 

30 
no 
112 

86 

145 

55 

118 

147 
132 

131 

130 

35 
100 

53 
45 
12 
98 
108 

32 

88 

121 

47 

5 

III 

84 

141 

17 
10 
76 
68 
42 
142 

99 
142 
129 

58 

50 
^33 
134 

19 
70 



88 



SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. 



Vose, Edwin Howard 

Wentworth, Mark Fernald 
Wilder, Elijah Gushing 
Williamson, Joseph 
Wood, Marshall William, 
Woodbury, Clinton Aaron 



Calais 

Kittery 
Calais 
Belfast 
Fort, Preble 
Deering 



No. 
43 

124 

79 
28 

69 



REVOLUTIONARY ANCESTORS. 



Name. 


Born. 


Birthplace. 




No. 


Adams, Nathan 


1751 


Ipswich 


Mass. 


94(0 


Albee, William 


1745 




i< 


146 


Allen, John 


1746 


Edinburgh, 


Scotl'd 


52 


Bangs, Dean 


1756 


Brewster 


Mass. 


33 U) 


Baxter, Elihu 




Norwich 


Vt. 


37 


Bartol, (leorge 


1750 


Freeport 


Me. 


91 


Bessey, Joseph 




Middleborough 


Mass. 


19 


Bird, Benjamin 




Watertown 


" 


36 


Bradbury, Elijah 


1750 


Buxton 


Me. 


lOI 


Bradford, Samuel 


1730 


Duxbury 


Mass. 


147(1) 


Brown, Benjamin 


1751 


Rowley 


" 


42(2) 
93(2) 


Burbank, Silas 




Scarborough 


Me. 


Burnham, James 


1710 


Wells 


" 


16(1) 


Burrage, William 


1731 


Leominster 


Mass. 


1(1) 


Butler, Phinehas 


1732 


Framingham 


" 


7 


Campbell, John 


1762 


Norton 


Mass. 


48 


Carter, Jacob 




Concord 


N. H. 


135 (2) 


Chase, Josiah 








126 (2) 


Cheney, William 




Marlow 


N. H. 


67 


Clap, Joshua 


1752 


Hardwick 


Mass. 


3\ . 


Clark, l<:zra 


1716 


Northamj)ton 


" 


25(4) 


Clark, Ezra jr. 


1745 


Northampton 


" 


25(5) 


Clarke, Jonas 


1730 


Lexington 


« 


i«(3) 


Cole, Eleazer 


1747 


Bridgewater 


" 


6(3) 


Corey, Ebenezer 


1756 


West RoxI:)ury 


" 


3(0 


Crane, John 


•744 


Milton 


" 


61(2) 


Cross, Ralph 


1738 


Newliuryport 


" 


28(2) 


Curtis, Caleb 


'755 


Topsham 


Me. 


88 


Cushing, Ezekiel 


1749 


Falmouth 


" 


26(2) 


Cushing, Eoring 


1721 


Provincetown 


Mass. 


26(3) 


Dayton, Elias 


1737 


Elizabeth 


N.J. 


2 


Davis, Nicholas 








153 


Denio, Seth 


1736 


Deerfield 


Mass. 


29(0 


De Witt, John 


1718 


Kingston 


N. Y. 


14(0 


Doane, Elisha 


1725 


Weil fleet 


Mass. 


30 


Drake, Ebenezer 


1734 


Bridgewater 


" 


27(0 


Dunham, James 


1754 


Bridgewater 


" 


41 



LofC. 



MEMBERS. 



Adams, John Milton 
Allan, Geo. Herman 
Allan, Nelson Sargent 
Allen, Geo. Edwin 

Bangs, Dennis Milliken 
Bangs, Isaac Sparrow 
Banks, Charles Edward 
Banks, Esreff Hill 
Baxter, James Phinney 
Boyd, Charles Harrod 
Bradbury, Henry Knight 
Brown, George Edwin 
Brown, Harrison Bird 
Brunei, Frederic 
Bryant, Hubbard Winslow 
Burnham, Edward Payson 
Burrage, Henry Sweetser 
Butler, Albert Wheaton 
Butler, Edward Anson 

Carter, Abiel 
Carter, John W. D. 
Chandler, John Ulmer 
Clapp, Charles Porter 
Clark, Isaac Fowle 
Clark, Seth Francis 
Cook, Joshua Osgood 
Corey, Eben 

Dam, Charles Ford 
Davis, Edgar Foster 
Davis, Joseph Edes 
Davis Joshua 
Davis William Goodwin 
Denio, Francis Bridgham 
Dennett, Lora D. 
DeWitt, John Evert 
Dow Frederick Neal 
Drake, Edwin Standish 
Drummond, Chas. Lathrop 
Drummond, Everett Rich'd 
Drummund, Josiah Hayden 
Drummond, Josiah H., jr. 
Dunham, Rufus King 

Fillebrown, Thomas 
Fobes, Charles Scott 
Fobes, Leander Webster 
Forbes, Arthur Elbridge 



Deering 
Portland 
Dennysville 
Sanford 

Waterville 

Waterville 

Portland 

Biddeford 

Portland 

P'ortland 

Mollis 

Portland 

Portland 

Portland 

Portland 

Saco 

Portland 

Rockland 

Rockland 

Portland 
Portland 
Machias 
Portland 
Oak dale 
Oakdale 
Portland 
Portland 

Portland 

State College, Pa. 

P'reeport 

Portland 

Portland 

Bangor 

Saco 

Portland 

Portland 

Portland 

Portland 

Waterville 

Portland 

Portland 

Bryant's Pond 

Portland 
Portland 
Portland 
Paris 



No. 
94 
6 1 

52 
66 

34 
33 
91 
54 
37 
2 

lOI 

36 
40 

143 

II 

16 

I 



135 
136 

64 

31 
117 

95 
116 

3 

71 

9 

106 

154 

153 

29 

151 
14 

108 
27 
82 
59 
4 
21 

41 

22 

72 

73 
104 



86 



SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. 



Foss, Varnum Richardson 
Foster, Edwin Martin 
Frank, Melvin Porter 
Freeman, William 
French, George Foster 
Frisbee, Ivory Franklin 

Gardner, Harry Morris 
Goff, Elias Francis 
Goodale, Benjamin Nourse 
Goodhue, Charles Quincy 
Goodhue, Daniel 
Goodwin, William Augustus 
Goold, Nathan 
Gordon, Seth Chase 

Harmon, Charles Cobb 
Harmon, Zebulon King 
Harris, Austin 
Harris, Herbert 
Haskell, Edwin Tames 
Haskell, Frank 
Hazelton, Franklin Herbert 
Hibbard, David Sutherland 
House, Charles James 
Howe, George ^iilton 

Ilsley, Frederick Julian 

Jones, Charles Folsom 
Jordan, Fritz Hermann 

Keazer, James 
Keith, Albion 
King, Alfred 
King, Joseph Addison 
King, Marquis Fayette 

Lapham, Wm. Berry 
Larrabee, Charles Church 
Libby, Charles Freeman 
Libby, George Henry 
Locke, Ira Stephen 
Locke, Joseph Alvah 

MaUng, Henry Martyn 
Maling, Walter Bosworth 
Manning, Prentice Cheney 
Marston John Piper 
Mavberrv, Fred Newton 
Mc'Lellah, Edward S. E. 
Merrill, John Gushing 
Moody Frank Burr 
Morse, Charles Frederic 
Moses, Vincent 
Mosman, Mial 



Portland 

Oakland 

Portland 

Cherrytield 

Portland 

Lewiston 



Portland 

Saco 

Portland 

Portland 

Portland 

Portland 

Portland 

Portland 

Portland 

East Machias 

East Machias 

Westbrook 

Westbrook 

Portland 

East Sumner 

Augusta 

Lewiston 

Portland 

Skowhegan 
Portland 

Portland 
Portland 
Portland 
Portland 
Portland 

Augusta 

Cincinnati, Ohio 

Portland 

Portland 

Deering 

Portland 

Portland 

New York, N. Y 

Portland 

Biddeford 

Portland 

Portland 

Portland 

Deering 

Portland 

Patten 

Union 



No. 
123 
148 
103 

146 
144 
122 
102 

74 

IS 

126 

1 28 
49 
8S 
81 

114 

113 
97 
20 
62 

127 

152 

138 

107 

63 
6 

38 
92 

150 

60 

120 

119 

S9 
78 
67 
93 
75 
149 

137 
90 
125 

4S 
So 



THE MAINE SOCIETY. 



89 



Name. 


Born. 


Birthplace 




No. 


Eames, Nathaniel 


1747 


Framingham 


Mass. 


27(3) 


Eames, Nathaniel jr. 


1703 


Framingham 


" 


27(4) 


Eastman, Moses 


1732 


Concord 


N. H. 


135(1) 


Fairbanks, Joseph 




Templeton 


Mass. 


155 
I (4) 


Fairfield, William 


1752 


Kennebunkport 


Me. 


78(1) 


Fernald, Here ides 




New field 


Mass. 


71 


Fillebrown, Thomas 


1763 


Woburn 


" 




Folsom, Jeremiah 


1719 


New Market 


(t 


65 (I) 


P'olsom, Levi 


1753 


New Market 


(( 


65(2) 


Foss, Levi 




Saco 


Me. 


123 (2) 


Fogg, Moses 








>55 


Fogg, Samuel 




Raymond 


N. H. 


139 


Foster, Benjamin 


1726 


Greenland 


" 


9 


Foster, Ebenezer jr. 


1733 


Brookfield 


Mass. 


122 


Foster, Stewart 


I7S7 


Attleborough 


" 


18 (I) 


Frank, James 


1751 


Falmouth 


Me. 


148 


Freeman, Enoch 


1706 


Eastham 


Mass. 


103 


Freeman, Samuel 


1743 


Falmouth 


Me. 


18(2) 


Frisbee, James 








96(1) 


Frisbee, Darius 








96 (2) 


Frye, Joseph 




Andover 


Mass. 


126(1) 


Gates, Samuel 


1760 


Marlborough 


Mass. 


51 


Gill, Elijah 








58(2) 


Goff, William 








144 


Goodhue, Daniel jr. 


1759 


Ipswich 


Mass. 


74 


Goodwin, Ichabod 


1743 


Berwick 


Me. 


15 


Greenwood, Daniel 




Sutton 


Mass. 


143(0 


Greenwood, James 


1730 


Sutton 


" 


143 (4) 


Gurney, Zachariah 


1729 


Abington 


" 


27 (2) 


Hardenbergh, Johannes 


1706 


Kingston 


N. Y. 


14(7) 


Harmon, Daniel 




Scarborough 


Me. 


49(2) 


Hart, Samuel 


1741 


Portsmouth 


N. H. 


26(4) 


Hasbrouck, Jonas 


1736 


New Platz 


N. Y. 


14(5) 


Hayden, Josiah 


1734 


Braintree 


Mass. 


4 


Hazelton, Jonathan 




Sanford 


Me. 


97 


Hibbard, Aaron 


1761 


Woodstock 


Conn. 


20 


Hight, James 




Portsmouth 


N. H. 


26(5) 


Hoornbeck, Philip 


1747 


Kingston 


N. Y. 


14(3) 


Hovey, John 


1738 


Cambridge 


Mass. 


16(3) 


Howe, Daniel 


1751 


Shrewsbury 


" 


127 (I) 


Howe, Nathan 


1730 


Shrewsbury 


" 


127 (2) 


Howe, Samuel 


1719 


Rutland 


« 


25(1) 


Hubbard, James 








150(2) 


Ilsley, Daniel 


1740 


Falmouth 


Me. 


149(2) 


Jansen, Johannes 


1696 


Kingston 


N. Y. 


14(2) 


Johnson, James 




Harpswell 


Me. 


62 


Jones, Nathaniel 




Cape Elizabeth 


" 


46(2) 


Jordan, Benjamin 


1738 


Cape Elizabeth 


" 


46(1) 


Keazer, Reuben 

7 




Colebrook 


N. H. 


77(1) 



90 



SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. 



Name. Born. 

Keith, Isaac 1755 

King, Benjamin 1720 

King, George 1744 
King, Henry 
Kingsley, Azel 
Knowles, Jolin 

Lapham, John 1730 

Lewis, George 1741 

Libby, Samuel 1759 

Lord, Tobias 1724 

Marshall, Joseph '759 

Marston, Abraham i759 

Mayberry, Richard 1735 

Maynard, William 1745 

McCobb, Samuel i744 

McLellan, William 1736 

Merrill, Ezekiel I749 

Merrill, Levi 

Merrill, Roger 

Merrill, Samuel 1728 

Mitchell, Job 

Millett, Thomas 

Moody, Enoch 17 13 

Morse, Joseph 

Mosman, Aaron 17 59 

Nason, Samuel 

Noble, Nathan 1722 

Owen, Philip 1756 

Patterson, Abraham 

Peirce, Ebenezer 171 1 

Perkins, Richard 1755 

Perkins, William 1742 

Pingree, Stephen 1752 

Quinby, Joseph 

Redington, Asa 1761 

Rice, Jonathan 1725 

Rice, Lemuel 1756 

Robbins, Asa i7S9 

Rourke, Martin 1760 

Sawyer, Jacob 

Schoonmaker, Peter 1760 

Shaw, Abner 1751 

Shaw, Abraham 1757 

Sleeper, David 1721 

Small, Samuel 1700 

Smith, Ebenezer 1752 

Smith, John Kilby 1753 



Birthplace. 



Raynham 
Raynham 
Sutton 
Bridgewater 



Scituate 
Barnstable 
Scarborough 
Arundel 

Stonington 

Hampton 

Marblehead 

Framingham 

Georgetown 

Falmouth 

Newbury 

Cape Elizabeth 

Durham 

Salisbury 

Gloucester 
Newbury 
Falmouth 
Sudbury 

York 

New Milford 

Falmouth 

Biddeford 

Sutton 

Jefferson 

Boston 

Methuen 

Westbrook 

Boxford 

Framingham 

Scarborough 

Walpole 

No. Yarmouth 

Cape Elizabeth 

Kingston 

Middleborough 

Middlebo rough 

Kingston 

Kittery 

Woolwich 

Boston 



Mass. 



Mass. 
Me. 



Conn. 
N. H. 
Mass. 

Me. 

Mass. 
Me. 

Mass. 



Me. 
Mass. 

Me. 
Conn. 

Me. 

Me. 
Mass. 
N. H. 
Mass. 



Me. 

Mass. 

Me. 

Mass. 

Me. 

Me. 
N. Y. 
Mass. 



Me. 
Mass, 



No. 

138 

6(1) 

6(2) 

143 (3) 

35(1) 

50 

38(1) 
69 
60 
68(2) 

105 

93 (') 
75(1) 

108 
no 

94 (2) 
149(1) 
137 

46(3) 
54(1) 

156 

123(1) 
90 

133 
80 

66 
25(3) 

84(2) 

119 

143(2) 
26 (t) 

23 
24 (j) 

"5 

83 

27(5) 

86 

in(2) 
145(1) 



14(8) 

6(4) 

iii(i) 

100 

45(1) 

5(0 

98 



LBde '04 



THE MAINE SOCIETY. 



91 



Name. 
Soule, James 
Spalding, Dyer 
Stanford, John 
Stewart, Allan 
Stocker, Marshall 

Talbot, Isaac 
Talbot, Peter 
Tallman, Peleg 
Tarr, Daniel Barber 
Taylor, Hezekiah 
Ten Broeck, Benjamin 
Thompson, Benjamin 
Thorndike, Robert 
Thurston, John 
Thurston, David 
Tower, Gideon 
True, William 
True, William 
Tukey, Stephen 
Turner, Isaac 

Ulmer, George 
Upton, John 



Born. 

1732 
1755 



1744 
1716 
1764 
1754 
1748 

1753 
1761 

1757 
1751 
1752 
1737 

1754 



1744 
1758 



Van Gaasbeck,Abraham 1753 

Vose, Jeremiah 1747 

Wagg, James 

Ward, Samuel 2d 1725 

Wentworth, John 1736 

Whitney, Jesse 1757 
Whitten, John 

Whitten, Joseph ^753 

Withington, Ebenezer 1751 

Wilder, Theophilus 1740 

Williams, Benjamin 1744 

Williamson, George 1754 

Wise, Daniel 1761 

Wynkoop, Cornelius E. 1746 



Birthplace. 

Plainfield Conn. 

Cape Elizabeth Me. 

Invemesshire Scotl'd 

Amesbury Mass. 



Stoughton 

Dorchester 

Tiverton 

Gloucester 

Grafton 



Mass. 

R. I. 
Mass. 



Me. 



Kennebunk 
Falmouth 

Rowley Mass. 

Rowley " 

Randolph " 

Salisbury " 
North Yarmouth Me. 

Falmouth " 



Ulm, Germany 
Fitchburg 

Kingston 
Stoughton 

Gorham 

Weymouth 

Kittery 

Gorham 

Salisbury 

Arundel 

Dorchester 

Hingham 

Concord 

Middletown 

Berwick 

Kingston 



Mass. 

N. Y. 
Mass. 

Me. 

Mass. 

Me. 

Mass. 

Me. 

Mass. 



Me. 
N. Y. 



No. 
106 
32 

I2t 

47 
125 

58(3) 

81(1) 

5(2) 

"3 
76 

14(10) 
68(1) 
13 
M3) 
42(1) 
58(1) 
49(0 

118 

25(2) 
24(2) 

64 
1(2) 

14(4) 
70 

145(2) 
3(2) 
124 

II 

89(1) 

89(3) 
55 

79(1) 
29(2) 
28(1) 
150 
14(9) 



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